Françoise de Rimini Opéra en Quatre Actes Avec Prologue et Épilogue Paroles de MM. Jules Barbier et Michel Carré ... Académie Nationale de Musique Direction de M. A-E. Vaucorbeil ... Partition Chant et Piano Réduite par M. L. Delahaye Prix net: 20 Francs. [Piano-vocal score]

  • Paris: Au Ménestrel, Heugel et Fils [PN H. 5327], 1882
By THOMAS, Ambroise 1811-1896
Paris: Au Ménestrel, Heugel et Fils [PN H. 5327], 1882. Large octavo. Quarter dark green calf with marbled boards, spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt. 1f. (recto illustrated half-title, verso printer's note), 1f. (recto decorative title with dark turquoise border, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents, verso blank), 1f. (recto musical incipits, verso blank), 447, [i] (blank) pp.

Named cast includes Sellier, Lassalle, Gailhard, Giraudet, Caroline Salla, Renée Richard, and Barbot under Altès, with choral director J. Cohen; sets by Lavastre, Carpezat, Daran, Rubé, and Chaperon; and costumes by Eugène Lacoste.

Preliminary leaves printed in blue ink.

Binding slightly worn; lower hinge split. Publisher's handstamp and former owner's signature to cast list; final leaf and free rear endpaper detached. First Edition of the second version.

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