Bonsoir Voisin Opéra Comique en Un Acte Poëme de Mrs. Brunswick et Arthur de Beauplan Mis en Musique et Dédié à Mr. Ad. Adam ... Prix net 8 fs. [Piano-vocal score]
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Paris: O. Legouix [PN B. P. 271], [1853].
Large octavo. Quarter dark blue calf with marbled boards, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto decorative title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank), 87, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved.
Named cast list includes Mr. and Mme. Meillet.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and scuffed; small numerical label to upper margin of upper. Minor foxing; occasional annotations in pencil; some upper corners creased; handstamp of Andre Martinet to upper margin and small oval handstamps to lower margin of title, slightly trimmed.
First Edition.
First performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on 7 March 1855.
Poise was a pupil of Adam. The present work, his first opera "held the stage at the Théâtre Lyrique for 5 years (80 performances), then appeared in the repertory of the Opéra-Comique (101 performances from 1872 to 1877). "David Charlton in Grove Music Online.
Item #29342
Price: $120.00 other currencies