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539 - [National Opera Theater]: 3 programs of Russian ballets and operas by Sergei Diaghilev. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1919–1922. In-4° (programs uniformly browned, a few tiny tears, rare pencil annotations in pencil). Bound in an illustrated cover with a silk cord (rusted fasteners, minor soiling, a few small tears, more significant ones on the spine of the first program). Good overall condition. Official programs of the Russian seasons at the Paris Opera, published by “Comoedia illustré.” Illustrated covers by Pablo Picasso, Josep Maria Sert, and Natalia Goncharova. Numerous portraits and color or black-and-white illustrations of sets and costumes by Picasso, Derain, Bakst, Matisse, and Larionov; numerous photos of performers (T. Karsavina, L. Massine, etc.). 1. Eleventh Russian Season [...]. December 1919–February 1920. Included in the program: “Butterflies,” “The Tri-Cornered Hat,” and “Russian Tales.” - 2. Twelfth Russian Season [...]. May–June 1920. Subprograms included: “The Cheerful Women,” “The Song of the Nightingale,” and “Scheherazade.” - 3. Fifteenth Russian Season [...]. May–June 1922. Subprograms included: “Russian Tales,” “Mavra,” “The Fox,” and “Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor.”
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[National Opera Theater]: 3 programs of Russian ballets and operas by Sergei Diaghilev. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1919–1922. In-4° (programs uniformly browned, a few tiny tears, rare pencil annotations in pencil). Bound in an illustrated cover with a silk cord (rusted fasteners, minor soiling, a few small tears, more significant ones on the spine of the first program). Good overall condition. Official programs of the Russian seasons at the Paris Opera, published by “Comoedia illustré.” Illustrated covers by Pablo Picasso, Josep Maria Sert, and Natalia Goncharova. Numerous portraits and color or black-and-white illustrations of sets and costumes by Picasso, Derain, Bakst, Matisse, and Larionov; numerous photos of performers (T. Karsavina, L. Massine, etc.). 1. Eleventh Russian Season [...]. December 1919–February 1920. Included in the program: “Butterflies,” “The Tri-Cornered Hat,” and “Russian Tales.” - 2. Twelfth Russian Season [...]. May–June 1920. Subprograms included: “The Cheerful Women,” “The Song of the Nightingale,” and “Scheherazade.” - 3. Fifteenth Russian Season [...]. May–June 1922. Subprograms included: “Russian Tales,” “Mavra,” “The Fox,” and “Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor.”
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