Wimereux – traces of the booms of the old napoleonic port at the mouth of the wimereux river, a constituent element of the camp de boulogne. Text of the letter: "my dear antoine. I am with crel!* what music we are making here, we have already given rigoletto with delmas**, the fishermen with henner***, (great success). We are going to give hamlet with dufrasne**** and carmen*****. My respects to your lady. Signed: "robert" (leclercq [surname visible on the front of the card]). *or: in crél?
**jean-françois delmas, known as francisque delmas (bass-bass baritone -lyon 1861- saint alban de monthel 1933. Https://forgottenoperasingers. Blogspot. Fr/2013/08/jean-francois-delmas-bass-baritone-lyon. Html?m=1
***lucien henner belgian tenor. Https://www. Flickr. Com/photos/135304665@n07/26653882326
**** dufranne hector, born in mons (belgium) on october 25, 1870; died in paris on may 4, 1951 baritone. Https://www. Musicologie. Org/biographies/d/dufranne_hector. Html
*****carmen?
postcard sent in august 1903, probably by a lyric singer or musician. Date: circa 1900.
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