MASSÉ, Victor (1822-1884). Set of 14 L.A.S. of which several - Lot 244

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MASSÉ, Victor (1822-1884). Set of 14 L.A.S. of which several - Lot 244
MASSÉ, Victor (1822-1884). Set of 14 L.A.S. of which several to the librettist Jules Barbier. 1862-1879. 27 pp. in-8 or in-12. Some paper defects. Very interesting working correspondence. Massé evokes the opening of the "new opera" in Paris, Une nuit de Cléopâtre, "I would be sorry to have in our opera: Marc-Antoine, Octave, Actium and the Aspic [...]. I am only concerned for the moment with my Cleopatra, with this adorable rose whom I love, as I once loved Marie Stuart [...] ", Carvalho, Gounod, Silvestre, Thomas, transcribes a song with criticisms, evokes a letter from George Sand and his opera project for La Mare au diable, Paul et Virginie, Heugel, etc. A L.A.S. from Barbier, addressed to Massé, is enclosed. S.l., March 17, 1875. 4 pp. in-12. Preserved envelope. About Une nuit de Cléopâtre, an opera by Jules Barbier and Victor Massé, premiered in 1885.
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