Les Dragons de Villars. Opéra comique en trois actes. Partition piano et chant - Maillart, Aimé 1817-1871; Lockroy, Joseph Philippe Simon 1803-1891; Cormon, Eugène 1811-1903 (Paris Brandus Dufour, 1856)
Les Dragons de Villars (The Dragoons of Villars) was premiered very succesfully by the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on 19 September 1856. It is also known by the English title The Hermit's Bell. The opera, which had notched up 153 performances at the Théâtre Lyrique by 1863, was to become popular throughout Europe, as well as being staged in New Orleans, New York & London. Gustav Mahler conducted the work in Budapest in 1888 and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted it in Strasbourg in 1910. The opera was in the repertory of the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels from 1942 to 1953.
Leather-bound, with gilded embossed spine and marbled endpapers
A la mémoire de ma Mère Aimé Maillart
Keywords: Théâtre-Lyrique (Paris, France); 19th Century (1801-1900); Opéra comique; Paris (France)