MASSENET J.Livre Rare Book
Don César de Bazan Opéra-Comique en 3 Ates et 4 Tableaux de M.M. A. d'Ennery & J. Chantepie. Partition pour Piano & Chant Réduite par A. Bazille. Théatre de L'Opéra-Comique. Piano-vocal score
187229929Paris: G. Hartmann PN G.H. 845 1872. Large octavo. 1f. recto decorative title by Barbizet verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank xii 9-271 i blank pp. Lithographed. Some leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Bouhy Lhérie Neveu Bernard Priola and Galli-Marié.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; spine creased with small tears to head and tail. Two small rectangular publisher's handstamps to lower margin of title. First Edition variant issue.<br/><br/>Don César de Bazan to a libretto by d'Ennery Dumanoir and Chantepie after Hugo's Roy Blas was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique Favart on November 30 1872. The first version of the work was destroyed by fire; it was revised and reorchestrated in 1888 and first performed in Geneva on January 20 of that year. <br/><br/>"Massenet was the most prolific and successful composer of opera in France at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th." Annegret Fauser Patrick Gillis and Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online. G. Hartmann [PN G.H. 845] unknown books
