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Autograph letter-card signed and addressed to Jean de ReszkeThéâtre de Monte Carlo on 6 January 1893:

Monday 6 Jan 93
My dear Jean,
Thank you for your dispatch, which filled us with joy. We are still under the spell of your admirable interpretation of Romeo, too fleeting alas! What are we awful Americans to hold you back?
My best regards to you and your dear Edouard, and my best wishes to Mr Schutz.
Yours sincerely Ch. Gounod

Of Polish origin, Jean de Reszke (1850 - 1925) was one of the most important tenors of his time.
From 1891, he went to the United States, first to Chicago and then to New York at the MET, where he gave 339 performances until 1901.