. . "1888 10 25." . . . "Thanking him for the two Spanish letters, saying something should not be performed in Barcelona before Madrid and Lisbon, approving of the singer Mlle Svicher [i.e. Isabella Svitcher?]--certainly the star of the troupe--, mentioning Le roi l'a dit, [Ambroise?] Thomas, Figaro, Ménestrel, Lamoureux, Colonne, the Marchesis, Mortier [de Fontaine?], etc."@en . . "Choisy-au-Bac, 25 October [1888?], Brussels, [n.d.], and [n.p., n.d.], apparently to the same unidentified recipient"@en . . . . . . . . .