1960 · Paris
by OFFENBACH, Jacques 1819-1880
Paris: Éditions Salabert [PN R. L. et Cie. 6742], 1960. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark ivory printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title within decorative border, verso blank), [i] (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 2-243, [i] (blank) pp.
Named cast includes Brasseur, Hyacinthe, Gil Pérès, Priston, Lassouche, Martal, Ferdinand, Zulma Bouffar, C. Montaland, Honorine, Thierret, Paurelle, Massin, Ledard, Breton, and Henry.
Wrappers slightly worn. Third version. Printed form Rouart-Lerolle plates.
La vie parisienne, to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, was first performed in Paris at the Palais-Royal on October 31, 1866.
Offenbach] was, with Johann Strauss (ii), one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written... Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory... Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 28868)
Named cast includes Brasseur, Hyacinthe, Gil Pérès, Priston, Lassouche, Martal, Ferdinand, Zulma Bouffar, C. Montaland, Honorine, Thierret, Paurelle, Massin, Ledard, Breton, and Henry.
Wrappers slightly worn. Third version. Printed form Rouart-Lerolle plates.
La vie parisienne, to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy, was first performed in Paris at the Palais-Royal on October 31, 1866.
Offenbach] was, with Johann Strauss (ii), one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written... Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, La vie parisienne, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole remain outstanding examples of the French and international operetta repertory... Moreover, it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre, producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss, Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 28868)