4 autograph letters signed.

Various formats. Together 4 pp. Interesting collection of letters, including one to Théophile Gaultier and one to the theatre director Charles Réty. - The letter to Réty can be dated with some certainty to 1860-62, as Reyer addresses him in his function as director of the Théâtre-Lyrique, joining an unidentified Mademoiselle, probably an opera singer, in recommending a tenor named Courtet for employment at the theatre: "Mlle [.] doit aller vous voir pour vous recommander un jeune ténor nommé Mr Courtet qui acceptera dans votre théâtre l'emploi le plus modeste et le moins rétribué. C'est assez vous dire la position de cet artiste. Il ne manque pas absolument de talent et je joins volontiers ma recommandation à celle de notre charmante amie [.]". - A letter to an unnamed friend can be dated to 1883 with respect to the premiere of Reyer's most successful opera "Sigurd" on 7 January 1884 at La Monnaie in Brussels. Reyer asks his friend to collect the scores for "Sigurd" from Auguste Vaucorbeil, the director of the Paris Opera, as he has secured its premiere in Brussels for the coming winter: "Faites-moi le plaisir d'aller immédiatement chez Vaucorbeil lui reprendre le poème de Sigurd. L'ouvrage sera joué à Bruxelles l'hiver prochain - voir le Journal des Débats de demain". - The letter to his friend and collaborator Théophile Gaultier is to inform him that an illness of his eyes forced him to stay home, also congratulating Gaultier and Ernestine, possibly on the birth of a grandchild. - The final letter in the collection is addressed to a M. Ferrier from La Lavandou, possibly the librettist Paul Ferrier. Apparently, Ferrier had failed to secure sufficient votes in an unspecified election, possibly to the Académie des beaux-arts, and while Reyner would have given him his vote, he is already absent from Paris, as he spends his winters in Southern France. Thus, he can only promise to be present for the next election: "Je passe l'hiver dans le midi. Ma voix vous a manqué samedi, mais j'espère qu'elle ne vous manquera pas à la prochaine élection. Peut-être n'en aurez-vous pas besoin, mais je vous la donnerai tout de même. J'ai une grande admiration pour votre talent et une affectueuse sympathie pour votre personne". - Occasional minor stains and foxing.