HERVÉ [Florimond Ronger] 1825-1892

Nuit aux Soufflets Opéra Comique en trois actes de A. d'Ennery et P. Ferrier ... Théâtre des Nouveauté Hommage a Madame Ugalde ... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score].

Paris: Choudens [PN A.C. 6345], [1884].

Large octavo. Half brown cloth with marbled boards, publisher's name gilt to corners of upper, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title within architectural border, verso publisher's notes, [1] (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 2-170 pp.

Named cast includes Marguerite Ugalde, Juliette Darcourt, L. Wittmann, Viviane, Berthelier, Vauthier, Montaubry, and Tony-Riom.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and faded; handstamp and numerical annotation in blue pencil to front pastedown. Small numerical handstamp to lower margin of front free endpaper; handstamp "1" to title; some signatures split; two leaves detached.

First Edition.

La nuit aux soufflets, to a libretto by A.P. d'Ennery and P. Ferrier, was first performed in Paris at the Nouveautés on 18 September 1884.

"For his theatrical career [Ronger] took the name Hervé, gradually gaining recognition through his Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança (1848) and engagements at the Théâtre de l’Odéon and Théâtre du Palais-Royal, where he appeared as author, composer, conductor, actor, tenor buffo singer and producer, as required." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online.

Item #28456

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