Mignon Opéra en Trois Actes ... Paroles de MM Michel Carré & Jules Barbier Traduzione di Giuseppe Zaffira Piano e Canto Netto: 20f. [Piano-vocal score]
- Paris: Heugel & Cie. [PN H 3578, 1890
Paris: Heugel & Cie. [PN H 3578, 1890. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown calf with dark brown pebbled cloth boards, spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt. 1f. (recto decorative half-title printed in blue, verso blank), 1f. (recto illustrated title, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-397, [i] (blank), [ii], 10, 6 pp. supplements. Lithographed. Text in Italian and French.
With early performance markings, including cuts, alterations, and markings in pencil; text of the character Wilhelm Meister underlined in red pencil throughout.
Small handstamp ("G.B. Baggi, Maestro di Musica Lugano") to upper outer corner of free front endpaper, with Milan musicseller's label to front pastedown ("Gabinetto Musicale di Egidio Jenna").
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine frayed at head, narrow ca. 3" x 1/4" strip lacking. Minor to moderate foxing. First performed at the Teatro Imperiale dall'Opera Comica on 17 November 1866.
"After years of neglect, Thomas’ work has seen a considerable revival in the last two decades of the 20th century, with major performances, at least of Mignon and Hamlet, being mounted in France, Great Britain and the USA. In the context of French opera of the late 19th century Thomas was a figure of considerable importance, an imaginative innovator and a master of musical characterization." Richard Langham Smith in Grove Music Online.
With early performance markings, including cuts, alterations, and markings in pencil; text of the character Wilhelm Meister underlined in red pencil throughout.
Small handstamp ("G.B. Baggi, Maestro di Musica Lugano") to upper outer corner of free front endpaper, with Milan musicseller's label to front pastedown ("Gabinetto Musicale di Egidio Jenna").
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine frayed at head, narrow ca. 3" x 1/4" strip lacking. Minor to moderate foxing. First performed at the Teatro Imperiale dall'Opera Comica on 17 November 1866.
"After years of neglect, Thomas’ work has seen a considerable revival in the last two decades of the 20th century, with major performances, at least of Mignon and Hamlet, being mounted in France, Great Britain and the USA. In the context of French opera of the late 19th century Thomas was a figure of considerable importance, an imaginative innovator and a master of musical characterization." Richard Langham Smith in Grove Music Online.