Comic opera (20 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Black titles on light brown wraps, 127 pages. A rough copy with stained and edge worn wraps and tape reinforced spine. Full score with words and music for piano.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 226 pp. The book is slightly cocked. The binding is tight and the score is clean.

Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book presents an exploration of the lesser-known aspects of love in the 18th century English village, as well as the lives of its inhabitants. The author provides an intimate look at the ways in which love manifested in various forms, as a source of both joy and pain, desire and deceit. Against the backdrop of rural life, where societal norms and traditions held sway, the book delves into the complexities of human relationships, revealing the tensions between duty, passion, reputation, and personal fulfillment. Through a combination of archival research and vivid prose, the author sheds light on the emotional landscape of a bygone era, inviting readers to ponder the timeless nature of love and its enduring power to shape our lives. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. Only the salutation ('Dear Mrs. Russell,') and the valediction ('Yours very sincerely | Edward German :' are in German's hand; the rest is by a secretary. He writes that he would 'have liked to write you [sic] personally, but it is a little more than I can manage at present'. Nevertheless he assures her that he is 'most grateful' for her 'very kind message'.…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A splendid original antique print, mounted (matted) and ready to frame. A composite print, showing various scenes from 'La Petite Muette'.

audioCD. Condizione: New. CD.

Condizione: Very good. - Two bars of music penned with the lyric "We are be-trothed" on a 3 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide sheet of buff paper. Signed in full "Frederic Solomon". Once mounted into an album, the corners are torn with remnants of paper & glue adhering to the corners of the verso. The American composer of comic operas & songs Frederic Solomon was the author of several compositions, including "Cunnin, Ain't it? A Satirical! Comical! Topical!" (1887), "Beggar's Keepsake" (1893), "Temptation is hard to resist" (1893), "King Kaliko" (an 1892 comic opera with libretto by Frank Dupree).…

Condizione: Very good. - Sepia-toned cabinet photograph by Conly, 5-1/2 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide, mounted on a card 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide with the cast and credits of "Prince Kam; or, A Trip to Venus" printed on the verso, Signed "Sincerely yours / Camille D'Arville" below the photo. There is some very light foxing & soiling to the verso. Very good. The copy on the verso of the photograph states that this card is a souvenir of the 75th performance at the Park Theatre, Boston of Rice's comic opera 'Venus' with libretto by Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harrison and music by Gustave Kerker. As the star, Camille D'Arville is listed separately at the foot of the cast list. She plays Prince Kam, son and heir of Poom, the Grand Llama of Thibet. The photo is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a distinctly womanly D'Arville wearing an embroidered cap on her mop of short, curly hair and a doublet with puffed sleeves, elaborately jeweled around the collar.Born Neeltye Dykstra in the Netherlands, Camille D'Arville studied music in Amsterdam and made her debut there in concert in 1877. She appeared in London, toured the English provinces and came to the United States in 1888 under the management of J. F. Duff.The photographer, Charles F. Conly [1846-1892], was best known for his theatrical photographs.…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. 17 x 30 cm. Some paper loss at corners. An evening at the theatre was the main form of entertainment in London in the Nineteenth Century and competition between rival theatres was fierce, audiences wanted constant novelty. The best way of getting the crowds in was to have a regularly (often nightly) changing bill. Printing playbills and posters to advertise the latest performances kept the printers of London very busy during this period.…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. 20.5 x 34.5 cm. Condition good. An evening at the theatre was the main form of entertainment in London in the Nineteenth Century and competition between rival theatres was fierce, audiences wanted constant novelty. The best way of getting the crowds in was to have a regularly (often nightly) changing bill. Printing playbills and posters to advertise the latest performances kept the printers of London very busy during this period.…

Condizione: VG. 1910 (copyright) The Cornell Masque. Book by C. F. Hirshfeld '05 and J. E. O. Winslow '11. Music by T. J. Lindorff '08, H. C. Schuyler '10, G. F. Pond '10 and J. F. Bradley '11. Music and lyrics. 4to, 80pp., original pictorial wraps. woth cloth spine. VG, light wear on spine. Scarce.

All but the last title first editions. All but the last title first editions. 80; [6], 42; [4], 61, [3]; [4], 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf, gilt spine, t.e.g. Upper cover detached 80; [6], 42; [4], 61, [3]; [4], 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. [Toile de Nantes]. La Caravane du Caire. (The Cairo Caravan). Nantes, pour la Fosse Lionet à Montpellier c1787. Cotton pelmet (50 x 104 cm) printed in red on cream background with engraved brass roller (aluminum mordant & madder), hand-quilted with cream home-spun linen. An exotic furnishing fabric inspired by an orientalist comedy in three acts by André Grétry (1741-1813) set to a libretto by the playwright Étienne Morel de episode depicted in the cotton fabric, Husca leads Zélime to the seated Pasha, who struck by her beauty, buys her in the presence of four musicians. Chédeville (1751-1814), first performed at Fontaineb leau in 1783. The comic-opera, enormously popular with over 500 performances, tells the story of a caravan on the banks of the Nile with travellers looking forward to the pleasures of Cairo. The slaves and the beautiful Muslim girl Zélime and her French husband Saint-Phar however lament their misfortune; Arab bandits attack, Saint-Phar offers to help and is unchained by Husca, the leader of the caravan to drive back the Arabs, but he is not freed for his gallantry, asking Zélime to be liberated instead; in the Cf: Henri-René Allemagne, La toile imprimée, Paris 1942, plate 168; Sarah Grant, Toiles de Jouy (2010), plate 55 with 3 illustrations; Victoria & Albert Museum: T94-1983; Toiles de Nantes, des xviiie et xix siècles 9 décember 1977-29 janvier 1978, Musée de l Impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse no 39, pp68-9.…