GOUNOD CharlesLivre Rare Book
Romeo und Julie Grosse Oper in 5 Akten von J. Barbier und M. Carré Deutsch nach Schakespeare von Th. Gassmann. Klavierauszug mit text. Piano-vocal score
190028958Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 1482 1900. Large octavo. Half black cloth with textured black paper boards. 1f. recto title verso blank i cast list and contents 2-253 i blank pp. Text in German.<br/><br/>With occasional lyrics translated into Danish in manuscript.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and shaken. Tear to outer margin of p. 197-198. First performed in Paris at the Lyrique on April 27 1867 to a libretto by Barbier and Carré after Shakespeare.<br/><br/>Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette contains four exquisite soprano-tenor duets a number almost certainly unprecedented in 19th-century opera and a harbinger of the prominence of love duets in such works as Massenet's Manon and Werther; to Gounod's great credit each has a distinct musico-dramatic ambience and shape." Steven Huebner in Grove Miusic Online. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 1482] unknown books
