THÉATRE IMPÉRIAL DE L’OPÉRA DES TUILERIES, Premier Empire.

Lot of 13 files containing appointements by the Service du Grand Chambellan de l'Empereur, sometimes signed by the first chamberlain comte de Rémusat (1762-1823), concerning the Emperor's first singer Giuseppina Grassini (1773-1850), the castrato singer Girolamo Crescentini (1762-1846), the composer and former music teacher to Empress Marie-Louise Ferdinando Paër (1771-1839) and his wife, the 1st tenor Antonio Brizzi (1770-1854). Documents dated 1808 to 1813. Approx. 70 folio pages. History These are the salaries of Emperor Napoleon's favorite artists, whose music never ceased to move him. Giuseppina Grassini, a sublime contralto, was his mistress when he was First Consul, and so the Parisian public was offered to her; Girolamo Crescentini, a moving castrato, had sung at the coronation ceremony, and was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown for his artistic achievement; the Paër couple and tenor Brizzi so charmed the Emperor during a performance in Germany that he immediately appointed them composer and singers of the imperial theater.