Libretto d'Opera Nerone Pietro Mascagni 1° Rappresentazione Scala Milano 1934
"Libretto d'opera, "Nerone" dalla commedia di Pietro Cossa tre atti (quattro quadri) di Giovanni Targioni - Tozzetti musica di Pietro Mascagni Stab. Musicale G. &, P. Mignani, Firenze 1934, cm 21x15, pp. 76, brossura ed. ill. in b/n. Condizioni di conservazione Condizioni complessivamente buone con tracce d'uso, angoli lievemente sgualciti con minimi accenni di pieghette, brossura con poche minime leggerissime bruniture, cuffia superiore con una piccola mancanza e qualche adiacente leggera abrasione (vedi foto). Interni buoni con lieve ingiallimento delle pagine dovuto al tipo di carta. A poche pagine qualche piccolo segnetto a matita. Libretto della prima rappresentazione alla Scala di Milano, con indicati i nomi degli interpreti (vedi foto). SETT158.L25096 N P "
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Libretto d'Opera Attila G. Verdi T. Solera Teatro Alla Scala Milano 1846-47
"Libretto, "Attila" dramma lirico in un prologo e tre atti Poesia di Temistocle Solera Musica di Giuseppe Verdi da rappresentarsi nell'Imp. Regio Teatro alla Scala il carnevale 1846-47 Tipografia Valentini, Milano 1846, cm 16,5x10, pp. 48, brossura ed. d'attesa, con timbretto - ex libris del precedente proprietario alla brossura ant. Condizioni di conservazione Esemplare complessivamente ben conservato con tracce d'uso e leggeri segni del tempo, alcune piccole lievi bruniture, brossure leggermente ingiallite, con qualche leggera ombra di gora ai margini e agli angoli che interessano in misura lieve e limitata qualcuna delle prime e ultime pagine (vedi foto), cuffia inf. con mancanza di qualche cm. Angolo/i di qualche pagina con piccola pieghetta. Libretto molto raro, per la prima rappresentazione al Teatro alla Scala di Milano (1846-47). OPEB.3993 N "
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Libretto d'Opera Jana S. Aliaga R. Virgilio Scene Sarde Sardegna Puccio 1905
"Libretto d'opera, Salvatora Aliaga, "Jana" scene sarde in due atti musica di M. Renato Virgilio A. Puccio Ed., Milano 1905, cm 18,5x12, pp. 36, bella brossura cromolitografica. Condizioni di conservazione Buone condizioni con tracce d'uso, brossura ed. minimamente sgualcita agli angoli e al dorso. Interni buoni con alcune piccole lievi / leggere bruniture. Raro libretto d'opera con testo parzialmente in dialetto sardo. Indicati i nomi degli interpreti (vedi foto). Bella copertina cromolitografica. OPEB.5700 N "
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Libretto Ballo Fior di Sole Gino Cornali Franco Vittadini Ricordi 1935 Cisari
"Libretto di ballo, Gino Cornali, "Fiordisole" fantasia coreografica in sei quadri per la musica di Franco Vittadini Ricordi, Milano 1935, cm 19,5x13,5, pp. 34, brossura ed., copertina con bella grafica a colori di Cisari. Condizioni di conservazione Buone condizioni con tracce d'uso, angoli della brossura minimamente sgualciti, quello inferiore destro con una minima mancanza, minuscoli strappetti alle cuffie. Interni buoni, angolo superiore dell'ultima pagina bianca con piccolo difetto tipografico (eccedenza di margine). Bella grafica a colori di copertina, firmata Cisari. OPEB.5703 N "
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Libretto d'Opera la Regina di Saba Carlo Goldmark Mosenthal Lucca Milano 1879
"Libretto d'opera, "La Regina di Saba" opera in quattro atti poesia di Mosenthal musica di Carlo Goldmark versione ritmica dal tedesco di A. Zanardini Stab. Musicale F. Lucca, Milano 1879, cm 20x14, pp. 48, brossura ed. con bella grafica cromolitografica. Nomi degli interpreti annotati a matita (annotazione d'epoca, vedi foto). Condizioni di conservazione Buone condizioni con tracce d'uso, angoli minimamente sgualciti, dorso e cuffie con alcune piccole abrasioni da utilizzo. Interni buoni con qualche minima brunitura, margine destro di alcune pagine con una piccola leggera ombra di gora che non interessa il testo. Nomi degli interpreti annotati a matita (annotazione d'epoca, vedi foto). Bellissima copertina cromolitografica. OPEB.5704 N "
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Libretto d'Opera Maristella Dramma Salvini Di Giacomo Pietri Milano 1934 Musica
"Libretto d'opera, Maso Salvini, "Maristella" dramma lirico in tre atti dal poemetto "Zi' Munacella" di Salvatore di Giacomo per la musica di Giuseppe Pietri Milano, 1934, cm 20x14, pp. 92, brossura ed. Condizioni di conservazione Buone condizioni con tracce d'uso, brossura leggermente sgualcita ai margini e con alcuni minimi taglietti. Interni buoni con minimi accenni di ingiallimento dovuti al tipo di carta. OPEB.5705 N "
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2 Autografi Ottorino Respighi Alessandro Cerè Libretto d'Opera Semirama 1910
"Due autografi, Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) e Alessandro Ceré, due firme autografe al frontespizio del libretto d'opera "Semirama" poema tragico in tre atti libretto della prima rappresentazione al Teatro Comunale di Bologna, autunno 1910 1910, cm 21x13,5, pp. 72, brossura ed. ill. a colori. Al frontespizio le due firme autografe del Respighi e del Cerè, (vedi foto). Condizioni di conservazione Esemplare in buone condizioni con tracce d'uso, alla brossura alcune leggerissime bruniture. Interni buoni con lievi accenni di ingiallimento provocati dal tipo di carta. Due firme autografe al frontespizio del libretto "Semirama". Libretto della prima rappresentazione al Teatro Comunale di Bologna nell'autunno del 1910. SC03.D18761 N "
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
Opera (magazine) - Volume 28 No 10 : October 1977
No inscriptions or marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 921-1000pp.
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
Opera (magazine) - Volume 29 No 1 : January 1978
No inscriptions or marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 1-112pp.
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
Opera (magazine) - Volume 29 No 2 : February 1978
No inscriptions or marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 113-224pp.
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
Opera (magazine) - Volume 30 No 1 : January 1979
No inscriptions or marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers, no bumping to corners and very slight scuff to front cover. 1-96pp.
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Scholes, Percy A
Everybody's Guide to Broadcast Music
Light foxing to a few pages. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with dusty boards and page edges, sunning to spine and a little rubbing to corners. 238pp. Including a simple description of the various forms of music, and of the orchestra, a short account of the history of music, some advice on the enjoyment of broadcast opera (with a list of published libretti etc.), and a discussion of what constitutes good music and good musical performance.
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Rosenthal, Harold (editor)
The Mapleson Memoirs : The Career of an Operatic Impresario 1858-1888
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 346pp. The memoirs of J.H. Mapleson, known as Colonel who directed the destinies of Her Majesty's and Drury Lane theatres in the second half of the nineteenth century and who was a 'character' in the Victorian operatic world.
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Scott, Michael
The Great Caruso
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps - to ffep and title pages only. No other marks to contents. A clean tight copy with slightly damp-marked front board, rubbing to bottom of spine and lower edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with creases to upper and lower edges and well-handled. 322pp. The story of Enrico Caruso, widely held to be have been the world's greatest operatic tenor.
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Barker, Frank Granville
The Flying Dutchman : A Guide to the Opera
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased and protected in removable professional cover. 159pp. The story of Wagner's opera, first performed in 1843 in Dresden, how it was composed, Wagner's debt-filled life at the time and his unusual working methods. Includes a critical section on performances and a review of available recordings.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 4
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 97-128pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 5
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 129-160pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 7
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Small nicks and creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 1-32pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 8
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 33-64pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 11
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 129-160pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 16
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to front cover, rear cover edges very nicked, soiled and rubbed. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked boards and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 97-128pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Pitt, Percy (editor)
Music Masterpieces Part 17
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with dusty, lightly marked front board, soiled rear and rubbing to corners. Spine reinforced with tape. Cover loose. 129-160pp. Gems from the world's famous operas and musical plays plus features by the stars of the day.
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Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur
Utopia Limited or the Flowers of Progress
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to cover adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 54pp. The script of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera. Undated reprint ca 1960s.
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Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, Arthur
The Yeomen of the Guard or the Merryman and His Maid
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 43pp. The script of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera. Undated reprint ca 1960s.
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Dodd, Craig & Nugent, Ann
An Introduction to Ballet
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with signs of storage and minor indentation. 96pp. The reality of ballet dance, how to become a dancer, practical advice and the Royal Ballet School.
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Zaslaw, Neal (editor)
The Classical Era : From the 1740s to the end of the 18th Century (Man & Music)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 416pp. This volume covers what is commonly thought of as the centre of the Western musical tradition - the Viennese Classics, culminating in the music of Haydn and Mozart.
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Davison, Kensington (editor)
About the House : Friends of Covent Garden : Spring 1974
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faintcreasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked but foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 70pp. The magazine of the Friends of Covent Garden for Spring 1974 - Volume 4 No 1. Well illustrated with features on past and present arts relevant to Covent Garden. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Lowe, David A. (editor)
Callas: As They Saw Her
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 264pp. Opera singer Maria Callas as seen by fellow artists and other celebrities including Placido Domingo and Noel Coward. Illustrated.
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Gilbert, W. S. and Swinton, Marjory (editor)
Savoyard Lyrics
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked leatherette boards, slightly mottled rear and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A selection of librettos from Gilbert and Sullivan operas including all their operatic works. .
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King-Farlow, Alice (editor)
Tosca : Winter Season 1994
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 36pp. Programme for the Winter 1994 season of the opera Tosca. Illustrated.
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The Editor
Souvenir programme : Royal Gala Performance of Il Trovatore in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales, at the Royal Opera House on 7th June, 1989.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 70pp. With all the details and discussion about the opera, performers, singers, Verdi etc. Frontispiece is a colour photographs of Charles and Diana. Tucked in is a 2-page programme of the event.
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Giacomo Puccini & Martin, Ruth and Thomas (translators)
La Boheme: (Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 66pp. A translation of the full text of Puccini's La Boheme into English. Each pair of facing pages holds the Italian and the English version opposite one another.
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John Dean (editor)
Book and Magazine Collector : No 38 May 1987
A very small number of classified section listings highlighted in pale pink or blue. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages, light ink marking to front and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes the 'William' books of Richmal Crompton, Shooting books, Malcolm Lowry, Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera, Laurie Lee plus an article on how to identify and buy books to sell.
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Ernesto G. Oppicelli
L'Operetta. Da Hervè al Musical.
Fratelli Melita Editori 1989 Copertina rigida con sovraccoperta 29 x 22 PP. 381 Presentazione di Lorenzo Arruga. CONDIZIONI MOLTO BUONE.
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Martin, George, Fwd Lofti Mansouri
Verdi at the Golden Gate. Opera and San Francisco in the Gold Rush Years
Fine, unread copy. 8vo, Pages: 321. Illustrations: 18 b/w + frontis. Explores how opera flourished in San Francisco during one of the city's most violent periods - the early years of the California Gold Rush. The author describes how Verdi emerged as the city's favourite composer, at a time when daily life was filled with gambling, duels, murder and suicide. il successo delle opere di giuseppe verdi a san francisco negli anni della corsa all'oro.
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ROSSINI Gioacchino, STERBINI Cesare
Il barbiere di Siviglia / Le barbier de Séville
Livret de Cesare Sterbini, d'après la comédie de Beaumarchais, traduction en français de Pierre Malbos, bilingue italien/français, Librairie théâtrale, Gérard Billaudot éditeur, 1981, 175 p., broché, étiquette sur la quatrième de couverture, bon état.
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BRITTEN Benjamin, SLATER Montagu
Peter Grimes
Gérard Billaudot, traduction de Gérard Mannoni, bilingue anglais /français, 1980, 137 pp., broché, couverture un peu frottée, état correct.
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ROSSINI Gioacchino, BALOCCHI Louis, DE JOUY Etienne
Moïse. Opéra en 4 actes.
Paroles de Louis Balocchi et Etienne de Jouy, Théâtre national de l'Opéra de paris, Gérard Billaudot, 1983, 175 p., broché, trace d'étiquette sur la quatrième de couverture, coin inférieur taché, bon état.
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STRAUSS Richard
Le chevalier à la rose: Comédie musicale en 3 actes de Hugo Hoffmannsthal
Texte français de Jean Chantavoine, Librairie Théâtrale, sans date, 120 pages agrafées, couverture légèrement jaunie, bon état.
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HOFMANSTHAL (von) Hugo, STRAUSS Richard
Ariane à Naxos
Librairie Théâtrale / M. -R. Braun, sans date, 36 pp., texte français de Paul Spaak, agrafé, trace d'étiquette sur la quatrième de couverture, légère pliure sur la première de couverture, bon état général.
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DA PONTE Luigi
Don Giovanni / Don Juan
Livret, Bilingue italien/français, Théâtre National de l'Opera de Paris, 1979, 189 pp., broché, poche, couverture un peu défraîchie.
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COLLECTIF (revue)
Théâtre et drame musical n° 2
Société Internationale d'Histoire Comparée du Théâtre, de l'Opéra et du Ballet, revue européenne bilingue " Théâtre et Drame Musical" n° 2, 2003, 123 pp., broché, état très correct.
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PUCCINI
La fanciulla del West
Opéra National de Paris, 2014, 159 pp., illustrations, broché, bon état.
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DA PONTE Lorenzo
Mémoires et livrets
LGF, Le Livre de Poche-Pluriel, 1980, 696 pp., édition établie, présentée et annotée par Jean-François Labie, poche, couverture légèrement défraîchie, bon état général.
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BERG Alban, Friedrich Cerha, Pierre Boulez et Patrice Chereau
Lulu, opéra en 3 actes
Livret bilingue allemand/français, Jean-Claude Lattès, Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, 1979, 269 pp., broché, traces d'usage, étiquette sur la quatrième de couverture, état correct.
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BARBIER Patrick
Pauline Viardot, biographie
Grasset, 2009, 370 pp., broché, bon état.
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CHAPTAL (J.)
Souvenirs d'un Galiniste.
In-12, broché, couverture défraîchie, 155 p. Sur la méthode révolutionnaire "Galin-Chevé-Paris" d'enseignement de la musique, liée à la promotion du culte protestant. Envoi de l'auteur sur la page de faux titre.
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LICHTENBERGER (Henri)
Richard Wagner poète et penseur.
Grand in-8, broché, (2) f., 453 p. L'édition définitive. Bon exemplaire.
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BOYSSE (Ernest)
Les abonnés de l'Opéra (1783 - 1786).
Grand in-8, broché (dos renforcé, couverture défr. rempliée), x, 356 p., non coupé, frontispice et 4 portraits hors texte. Édition originale. Frontispice de Paul Avril et 4 portraits gravés à l'eau-forte. A partir des listes de réservation à l'année des loges de l'Opéra, biographie et anecdotes sur les différents occupants, "depuis le rez-de-chaussée jusqu'aux cinquièmes loges", sur trois saisons. (Vicaire, I, 919). Imprimé sur Hollande.
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SOULIE DE MORANT (Georges)
Théâtre et musique modernes en Chine. Avec une étude technique de la Musique chinoise et transcriptions pour piano par André Gailhard.
In-4, broché, couverture illustrée rempliée, xvi, 195 p., non coupé. 17 planches photographiques hors texte, figures dans le texte. Nombreuses transcriptions musicales. Bibliographie. Index français-chinois. Très bon exemplaire.
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