Chimène ou le Cid. [Piano-vocal score]

  • New York: Broude Brothers, 1971
By SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786
New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and dark blue with patterned overlay. 1f. (half title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statemenet), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original title illustrated by B. Delaroche), 8 (introduction), [i] (named cast list), [iii] (contents), 1f. (full-page illustration), 259, [i] (blank) pp.

Named cast includes Saint-Huberti, Gavaudon, Laïs, Lainez, Chéron, and Rousseau. A reprint of the edition first published in Paris. Number 37 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français.

First performed at Fontainebleau in September of 1783 and in Paris at the Académie Royale de Musique on 9 February 1784.

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