[CREMIEUX, HECTOR; CREMIEUX, HECTOR - HALEVY, LUDOVIC]
IL FINANZIERE E IL CIABATTINO: OPERETTA BUFFA IN UN ATTO DI HECTOR CREMIEUX. MUSICA: JACQUES OFFENBACH. VERSIONE RITMICA ITALIANA: LINO CARPINTERI, MARIANO FARAGUNA; LA CANZONE DI FORTUNIO:OPERA-COMIQUE IN UN ATTO DI HECTOR CREMIEUX E LUDOVIC HALEVY. MUSICA: JACQUES OFFENBACH. VERSIONE RITMICA ITALIANA: DANIELE SPINI. [STAGIONE LIRICA 1988-89]. PRIMA EDIZIONE.
IN-8°, PP. 105 (11), ILL. B.N. N.T., BROSS. EDIT., COP. ILL. COL. (LIEVISSIME TRACCE DI POLVERE), OTTIMO STATO (F). 635 60
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[THILL] - SEGOND (André)
Georges Thill, ou l'age d'or de l'Opéra.
Gr. In-8, 278p. Edition limitée à 4000 exemplaires. Préface de Georges Thill. Illustré de nombreuses photographies hors texte.
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[TEBALDI] - SEGOND (André)
Renata Tebaldi.
Gr. In-8, 260p. Edition limitée à 5000 exemplaires. Préface de mario del Monaco. Illustré de nombreuses photographies hors texte.
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LETI (Giuseppe) & LACHAT (Louis)
L'esotérisme à la scène. La Flute enchantée - Parsifal - Faust.
In-8, 172p. Préface par Antonio Coen. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.
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GAMMOND (Peter)
Opéras. Les auteurs, les compositeurs, les librettistes, les oeuvres, les interprètes, les disques.
In-4, 256p. Importante iconographie. Petits accrocs à la jaquette, sinon bel exemplaire.
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BURGER (Helga)
L'opéra chinois.
In-4, 211p. Illustré d'innombrables photographies en noir et blancs et en couleurs de Fred Mayer. Préface de Claude Roy. A l'état de neuf.
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[CHALIAPINE] - BOROVSKY (Victor)
Chaliapine.
Gr. In-8, 551p. Avec un cahier photographique hors texte. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.
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[LIFAR] - LAURENT (Jean) / SAZONOVA (Julie)
Serge Lifar, rénovateur du ballet moderne.
Gr. In-8, 274p. Illustré de 16 planches h-texte en noir. Index des noms cités en fin de volume. A l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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VAILLAT (Léandre)
Ballets de l'Opéra de Paris. Ballets dans les opéras - Nouveaux ballets.
In-4, 184p. Edition originale numérotée. Illustré de nombreuses planches en couleurs reproduisant des maquettes de décors et des costumes par Brayer, Dignimont, Moulène, Wild, etc... Avec des dessins en noir de Jean-Charles Duval.
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HASKELL Arnold L.
Baron Encore. Introduction and Commentary by Arnold L. Haskell. ONE OF FIFTY SIGNED PRESENTATION COPIES
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text, endpapers, half-title and title moderately spotted; full red calf, sides with three-quarter gilt frame border, back, lettered in gilt, gilt top, backstrip lightly scuffed at extreme head and tail else a good, bright copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 50 NUMBERED COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND FOR THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 14). A PRESENTATION COPY TO MICHAEL ROBSON WITH THE AUTHOR'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED BOTH AS 'BARON' AND AS 'ARNOLD L HASKELL'. The publisher's slip-case is not present with this copy.
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HASKELL Arnold L.
Baron Encore. Introduction and Commentary by Arnold L. Haskell.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, backstrip faded else a good, sound copy.
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PUCCINI Giacomo
Letters of Giacomo Puccini. Mainly connected with the Composition and Production of his Operas. Edited by Giuseppe Adami. Translated by Ena Makin.
8vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, gilt back upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound) else a good, clean copy.
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GOLDOVSKY B.
My Road to Opera. The Recollections of Boris Goldovsky as told to Curtis Cate. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 37 plates on 16; black cloth gilt, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed marginal tears. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED AND DATED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE.
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HASKELL Arnold L.
Baron's Ballet Finale. Introduction and Commentary by Arnold L Haskell. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous fine photographs (the majority full-page) in the text; blue buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GLYNDEBOURNE
Festival Opera Glyndebourne 1969. 25 May - 4 August. J. Massenet Werther; W.A. Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte; C. Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande; W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrations and advertisements throughout; original pictorial wrappers, covers mildly browned at edges else a very good, clean, crisp copy.
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DIAGHILEV Sergei
[Sale] Catalogue principally of Diaghilev Ballet Material: Décor and Costume Designs, Portraits and Posters. 18 July 1968. Sale Code: BALLET. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The catalogue lists 217 lots.
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BLAND A.
The Royal Ballet. The First Fifty Years. Foreword by Dame Ninette de Valois. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CAIRNS David
Mozart and his Operas. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STASSINOPOULOS Arianna
Maria.. Beyond the Callas Legend. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GAY John
The Beggar's Opera in Three Acts. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book at the Theatre-Royal. IN MODERN BOARDS
Sm. 8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece, some mild age-soiling throughout; modern grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a very good, bright copy. The frontispiece depicts Vernon as Mackheath.
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DOMINIC Zoe
Frederick Ashton. A Choreographer and his Ballets. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates (many double- or full-page), and pictorial endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN.
The Gilbert and Sullivan Operas Illustrated. Season 1939. By Arrangement with the Rupert D'Oyly-Carte Opera Company. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome photographs throughout, title very lightly spotted; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements on front and rear wrappers.
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AA. VV.
CINQUANT'ANNI DI OPERA E BALLETTO IN ITALIA.
8°, CARTONATO MUTO EDITORIALE CON SOVR. A COLORI, PG. (2) 131 (3), CORPOSO APPARATO ICONOGRAFICO COSTITUITO DA NUMEROSE FOTO B.N. F.T. E DA ALCUNE SCENOGRAFIE RIPRODOTTE A COLORI SU TAVOLE F.T. RIPIEGATE (AUTORI: SAVINIO, PRAMPOLINI, FIUME, SIRONI, DE CHIRICO, BENOIS ED ALTRI), GLI INTERVENTI SONO DI G. PANNAIN - E. GARA - V. COSTANTINI - E. COLOSIMO - G. TANI - L. JANNATTON, OPERA A CURA DI GUIDO M. GATTI, A FINE VOLUME E' PRESENTE INDICE DEI NOMI - OPERE E BALLETTI CITATI. PRIMA EDIZIONE.
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Heriot, August
The Castrati in Opera
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is a reprint of Heriot's 1956 original. 10 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 8" high X 5" wide, 243 pages.
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Donizetti
La Favorite Opera En Quatre Actes
This is a very good hardcover copy bound beautifully in half leather and marbled boards, gray leather spine label, title in gilt. Bound in dark red leather and 19th century marbled paper in dark red, pale blues and grays, gold and cream colors. Just light rubbing to edges. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Frontispiece and illustrations by Ch. Clerice in black & white. Complete text and music for Donizetti's four act opera 'La Favorite'. 11" high X 8" wide, 268 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Shanghai Museum
Nuo Mask Art in Guizhou
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out, no writing or marks. Text in Chinese. 227 color photographs of Nuo mask art from Guizhou, China. Nuo opera or Nuo drama is one of the most popular folk operas in southern China. Characterized by its special features such as ferocious masks, unique dresses and adornments, the strange language used in performance and mysterious scenes. 11" high X 9" wide, 147 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Huneke, Andreas; Bossmann, Andreas; Rasche, Adelheid; et al.
Oskar Schlemmer: Tanz Theater Buhne
This is an about very good softcover copy with some wear to the back cover. Back cover corner creased. Completely clean inside and out. Spine is not creased. Text in German. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Dusseldorf from July 30-Ocober 16, 1994 ; Vienna from November 11, 1994- January 29, 1995 and Hannover from February 19-May 21, 1995. Illustrated profusely in color and some black & white. Checklist with 192 works catalogued. All illustrated, most in color. Chronology. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 311 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nilsson, Birgit
Birgit Nilsson: My Memoirs in Pictures
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Signed by the author, Birgit Nilsson, in a big bold hand on the title-page and inscribed to a colleague. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 10" wide, 127 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kahane, Martine. Alexandre Reza
Opera de Paris
This is a very good hardcover copy, a red silk cloth portfolio with cloth ties, containing a text booklet and 24 loose color plates. Slight scrape or scuff to front cover. Text in French. Essay by Martine Kahane. Each plate has an extensive text description on the back. Some of the plates reproduce costume designs, or actual costumes, some jewellery and headpieces worn in the Opera productions. 10" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Leutwyler, Henry
Ballet
This is a near fine hardcover copy in burgundy silk cloth covers with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated throughout with Henry Leutwyler's photographs of the New York City Ballet. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Venturi Fulvio
IRIS 1898-1998 Il Centenario
This is an almost very good softcover copy. Completely clean inside and out. Top right and lower right rear corners bumped. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in ITALIAN. Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Iris, the Italian opera house in Livorno, Italy. Essays by Sergio Licursi, Cesare Orselli, Marzio Pieri, Alfio Dini, Raffaele Monti, Alessandro Rizzacasa, Alberto Paloscia and Fulvio Venturi. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of famous Italian opera performers, opera houses, broadsides, posters, etc. Chronology. 12" high X 8" wide, 228 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Dominic, ZoeÍ & Madeline Winkler-Betzendahl:
John Cranko und das Stuttgarter Ballett, 1961-1973 (German Edition)
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in GERMAN. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs of John Cranko and other members of the Stuttgarter Ballet. This is the expanded third edition. 12" high X 10" wide, 159 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Anthony, Gordon
Ballet. Camera Studies By Gordon Anthony
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original publisher's red cloth binding with cream cloth spine lettered in gilt. Gilt now faded. Scattered foxing. Introduction and notes by Arnold Haskell. Illustrated throughout in black & white with Gordon Anthony's tipped-in photographs of 1930's ballet luminaries. Anthony photographed the de Basil Ballet, the Ballet Joos, the Vic-Wells Ballet, 13" high X 10" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Motoaki, Hori et al.
The Way of Painting
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. The front cover lower corner and first few pages lower corners creased. Completely clean. Text in Japanese and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Tokyo at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery from July 12 to September 21, 2014. The exhibition covered the works of many contemporary Japanese painters, who had shows at the gallery over the past twenty years. Illustrated throughout in color. 10" high X 7" wide, 175 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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FIORAVANTE V.
Le cantatrici villane. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musica di V. Fioravante
In 16, pp.32. Br. ed
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BUZZI Antonio ( Libretto GIULIANI Camillo )
Saul. Tragedia lirica in quatro atti di Camillo Giuliani posta in musica dal M. Antonio Buzzi da rappresentarsi al Teatro di Como il Carnevale 1857 - 58
In 16, pp. 30. Br. ed. Importante opera di questo autore minore dell'opera lirica. Venne rappresentata per la prima volta a Ferrara nel 1843. Interpreti di questa rappresentazione in Como: Saul: Nolasco Llorens Pietro; Gionata: Barlani Dini Eufemia; Micol: Corticelli Marietta; David: Mencarelli Leone ed altri
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MININI Ferdinando
Per la pia Opera della Propagazione della Fede. Orazione detta in Tortona l'anno MDCCCXLVI
In 8, pp. 22. Br. rifatta. Orazione tenuta per la raccolta delle elemosine per l'opera della Propagazione della Fede, nata a Lione nel 1822 da Maria Paolina Jaricot. Nel 1820, Paolina Maria Jaricot lancia il primo Movimento Organizzato per l?offerta di un determinato contributo economico da parte di tutti i fedeli cattolici a tutte le missioni della Chiesa: e' l?inizio dell?Opera della Propagazione della Fede che il 3 maggio 1822 viene affidata alla direzione di laici impegnati nell?aiuto alle missioni. Posta sotto la protezione di san Francesco Saverio, Patrono delle missioni, l?Opera viene ufficialmente riconosciuta nel 1922 e dichiarata ?Pontificia? da Papa Pio XI.
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CLEMENTI Filippo
La pellegrina. Opera drammatica in 4 atti. Parole e musica. Rappresentata la prima volta nel Teatro Comunale di Bologna il 16 novembre 1890. Impresa Giuseppe Belletti
In 8, pp. 47 + (1). Manca la meta' inferiore dell'ultima c. senza compromissione di testo. Br. rifatta. Libretto dell'opera con elenco personaggi e interpreti.
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COSTANZI Domenico
Cenni illustrativi sul nuovo teatro nazionale del signor Domenico Costanzi sul progetto dell'ingegnere architetto Achille Sfondrini
In 8, pp. 8. Br. ed. Cenni relativialla costruzione dell'odierno Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Domenico Costanzi, imprenditore edile, romano d'adozione, affido' all'architetto milanese Achille Sfondrini, uno specialista nella costruzione e nel restauro di teatri, il compito di dotare finalmente la capitale di una sede consona al suo rango e al prestigio universale della tradizione lirica italiana. Il progetto messo a punto dall'architetto privilegio' il risultato acustico concependo la struttura come una cassa armonica.
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BELLAIGUE Camille
L'amour dans la musique
In 8, pp. 305-347 + (2). Tit. manoscritto entro etichetta della Libreria Nardecchia di Roma al p. ant. Br. ed. Saggio sulla tematica amorosa nel melodramma.
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SAVJ-LOPEZ Paolo
L'oro del Reno. Dalla Nuova Antologia - 1o giugno 1906
In 8, pp. 12. Br. ed. Studio critico relativo a 'L'oro del Reno', la prima delle quattro opere che costituiscono la tetralogia di 'L'anello del Nibelungo' di Richard Wagner.
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0
Statuti della venerabile archiconfraternita della S.ma Nuntiata
In 8, pp. 41 + (1) + (2b) con 2 tavv. f.t. inc. all'acq. di cui una funge da front. con ill. dell'Annunciazione e stemmi. La seconda tav. presenta l'inc. del grande stemma di Alessandro VII, di Roma e del cardinale Barberini. Le ultime 2 cc. (indice e carta bianca) presentano nel marg. inf. una mancanza dovuta a bruciatura. Cart. coeva. Statuti della confraternita della Nunziata, importante opera pia romana che, fra i vari suoi scopi, aveva quello di dare ogni anno la dote a ragazze povere. Cat. Bibl. Senato, VI; 229-30. Rossetti, 9996.
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PEPOLI C., BELLINI Vincenzo
I Puritani e i cavalieri. Opera seria in 3 atti da rappresentarsi nel Teatro dell'Ill.ma Citta' in Alessandria sotto la protezione di S. S. R. M. l'autunno 1840
In 16, pp. 54. Gora al fr. e al marg. inf. delle prime carte. Timbro di possesso al f. Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Libretto dell'opera (parole di C. Pepoli, musica di Vincenzo Bellini).
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MONALDI Gino
La musica melodrammatica in Italia e suoi progressi dal principio del secolo sino ad oggi. Cenni storici, critici, analitici, biografici
In 8, pp. 56. Foro al p. post. e all'ultima carta, per il resto ottimo esemplare. Br. ed.
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CARRE' Michele, BARBIER Giulio
Mignon. Dramma lirico in tre atti. Traduzione italiana di Giuseppe Zaffira. Musica di Ambrogio Thomas
In 16, pp. 63 + (1b). Qualche sporadica fioritura ai p. e alle cc. Br. ed. ill.
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BOITO Arrigo
La Gioconda. Melodramma in quattro atti di Tobia Gorrio. Musica di A. Ponchielli
In 16, pp. 65. Qualche danno al d. Br. ed. ill. Libretto dell'opera scritta da Arrigo Boito, che si firmo' con l'anagramma del suo nome, Tobia Gorrio.
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VIOTTI Emanuele
Polidoro re di Lesbo. Ballo eroico in cinque atti appositamente composto da Emanuele Viotti da rappresentarsi nel gran Teatro La Fenice nel Carnovale 1840
In 16, pp. 16. Gora al marg. sup. delle cc. Br. ed.
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MERCADANTE Saverio,ROSSI Giovanni Gaetano
Il bravo. Melodramma in tre atti. Musica del maestro cav. Saverio Mercadante eseguita dagli Accamici di Filarmonici romani nell'anno 1857 XXXVI dalla istituzione secondo dal ripristinamento dell'Accademia
In 16, pp. 46. Timbretto di possesso al p. ant. Br. ed. dec. Riedizione del libretto di questo melodramma in tre atti, scritto da Giovanni Gaetano Rossi (1820-1886) e musicato da Mercadante, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di James Fenimore Cooper e dal dramma La ve'nitienne di A. Burgeois. La prima rappresentazione avvenne al Teatro alla Scala di Milano nel 1839.
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PERACCHI Antonio, MIRESKI Francesco
Evandro in Pergamo. Dramma serio per musica in due atti da rappresentarsi nel Teatro da S. Agostino il Carnevale del 1825
In 24, pp. 47 + (3b). Qualche lieve spellatura al marg. est. dei p. Bella legatura in p. pl. coeva con cornicetta tip. oro ai p. e fregi al d. Libretto della prima rappresentazione di questo dramma serio scritto da Antonio Peracchi e musicato da Francesco Mireski andato in scena per la prima volta al Teatro S. Agostino di Genova il Carnevale del 1825. Compaiono i nomi degli attori e dei ballerini dei balli composti da Salvatore Scarpa.
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CAPPELLO Scipione
Telemaco e Calypso. Dramma lirico in tre parti scritto da Scipione Cappello romano
In 16, pp. 31 + (1). Br. ed. con qualche mancanza. Libretto dell'opera che ha per protagonista Telemaco, figlio di Ulisse, ambientata nell'isola di Ogige.
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