Opera Privé de Paris. Première Saison. Tzar Saltan.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Programme for Tzar Saltan, Started after the death of Diaghilev in 1929, the Opéra Privé de Paris was a continuation of the Ballets Russes. Co-directed by Maria Kousnezoff-Massenet, they performed Russian operas and ballets in Paris, Barcelona and London in the late 1920s and 1930s. Folio (31.5 x 24.5 cm); illustrated throughout with 8 tipped in colour plates after Bilibin; original publisher's wrappers with Bilibin's design, a near-fine copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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