3. [OPERA RUSSE, BAKST, BENOIS, BILIBIN, YUON, GOLOVIN, SEROV, SOMOV]
Opera „Boris Godounov“ with F. Chalyapin at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris, May - June 1908.
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25th October 2017, 17:00Starting price
€ 250
Imprimérie Émile Robert, Paris.
Program of the Imperial theatre’s opera «Boris Godunov» in Saint Petersburg under direction of Felix Blumenfeld, with F. Chalyapin. Set design by А. Golovin and A. Bakst.
27 x 20,5 cm; 66, [2] pp. Sewn binding with red twisted cord and craft paper tape. Cardstock wrappers, coated stock text block.
Illustration by I. Bilibin on the front cover. On the inside b/w illustrations: 9 ill.by K. Yuon, including portrait of Chalyapin, set design of the 1st, 2nd, 3th, 4th, second to last and last scenes of «Boris Godunov» in the drawings by Golovin and Bakst, 9 ill.by A. Golovin, 1 ill.by L. Bakst, 1 ill.by V. Serov, 1 ill.by K. Somov 1 ill.by A. Benois.
Photographs of the chambers in the Kremlin.
Wrappers and text block are slightly rubbed and soiled, with tiny tears of the edges.
Good overall condition.