Puccini, Giacomo - Signed First Edition Manon Lescaut Score 1893 Programs Music Signed Composers Due to the temporary closing

Due to the temporary closing of the Paris Opera during the Franco-Prussian war

a great champion of Hector Berlioz´ music and contemporary composers

1 x 11 inches

German-born American flutist and conductor (1826-1909)

Belgian operetta soprano (1915-

Puccini, Giacomo - Signed First Edition Manon Lescaut Score 1893 Programs Music Signed Composers Due to the temporary closingItalian opera composer (1858 1924), the greatest creator of verismo for over 30 years until his death by cancer. Rare signed first edition of his opera Manon Lescaut, for piano and voice, published by Ricordi, 1893. Boldly signed and inscribed on the title page by Puccini, dated by him in Milan on June 17th, 1893, just 4 months after the world premiere of this opera also in Milan. Size is 8. 5 x 11 inches, complete with all 146 pages and covers,