PALADILHE, Émile 1844-1926

Patrie Grand Opéra en Cinq actes de Victorien Sardou & Louis Gallet ... Théâtre National del'Opéra ... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par Hector Salomon. [Piano-vocal score]

Paris: Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 7481], [ca. 1886].

Large octavo. Quarter dark red leather with textured red cloth boards, dark blue title label gilt to upper, titling gilt to spine. [i] (illustrated title by L. Denis), [i] (notes), [1] (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 2-59, [i] (60-68), 69-429, [i] (blank) pp.

Named cast includes Krauss, Bosmann, Duc, Muratet, Bérardi, E. de Reszké, Sentein, Sapin, Dubulle, Crépaux, Balleroy, Bontens, Girard, and Lafitte under Altes, with vocal and choral directors Hector Salomon and Jules Cohen, ballets by Mérante, and costume designs by Bianchini.

Binding slightly worn and soiled, corners slightly bumped; minor damage to head of spine; endpapers foxed. Browned; minor foxing; some signatures split; one leaf detached.

Revised version of the work first performed in Paris at the Opéra on 20 December 1886.

" ... with the grand opera Patrie! (1886) Paladilhe finally achieved true success. He had matched Sardou and Gallet’s fine libretto with a score of power and range (from the delicate and touching to the noble and vast). The work was revived and given at the Opéra until the end of World War I, and was staged elsewhere in Europe." Lesley A. Wright in Grove Music Online.

Item #28508

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