Lettre autographe signée adressée à son ami Carlo Rim à propos notamment de la reprise d'Iphigénie en Tauride de Christoph Willibald Gluck

Autograph letter dated and signed by Georges Auric addressed to his friend Carlo Rim, 23 lines in blue ink on letterhead of the Réunion des théâtres lyriques nationaux et du théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, in which he asks for his friend's indulgence as he is overwhelmed with work: "Pardonne-moi si je ne t'ai pas répondu encore : tu peux imaginer sans trop de peine ce qu'est devenue mon existence ! ... je viens d'avoir à préparer la reprise d'Iphigénie en Tauride - opéra des plus nobles et que "notre" public n'avait pas eu l'occasion d'écouter depuis 1931 " ["Forgive me if I haven't answered you yet: you can imagine without too much trouble what my existence has become! ... I have just had to prepare the revival of Iphigénie en Tauride - one of the noblest operas and one that "our" public has not had the opportunity to hear since 1931"]; a revival in which Georges Auric places great hope: "... En tout cas, je veux espérer que nous dépasserons les deux répétitions de 1931... ["... In any case, I want to hope that we will exceed the two performances of 1931..."]
He also rejoices in the diversity of projects that occupy him, thus transcending styles and periods: "Glück, Iphigénie : nous sommes fichtrement loin de Vincent Scotto. Mais je franchis allégrement siècles et styles pour te dire combien je suis heureux de me trouver, dans ce "comité d'honneur" , associé aux respectables et déjà vieux amis dont tu connais les noms ! " ["Gluck, Iphigénie: we are damn far from Vincent Scotto. But I cheerfully leap across centuries and styles to tell you how happy I am to find myself, in this 'honorary committee,' associated with the respectable and already old friends whose names you know!"]
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Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille," a caricaturist, a filmmaker: "Justin de Marseille," "L'armoire volante," "La maison Bonnadieu," and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.