Signed French-language book: Werther, Drame Lyrique (Vocals and Piano). Paris: M. M. Heugel et Cie, Au Menestrel, circa 1897. Attractive custom-bound hardcover with half cloth and marbled boards, 7.75 x 11.25, 229 pages. Signed and inscribed in French on the reverse of the table content page in ink, "A Madame Eugene Morand, en temoinage de tres respectueux sympathie, J. Massenet, Paris 7 aut 1903." In very good to fine condition, with toning and chipping to the fragile end pages, scuffing and soiling to the spine, and slight separation to signed page from inner hinge.
Jules Massenet's opera Werther premiered at the Imperial Theatre Hofoper in Vienna on February 16, 1892. Based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, the opera tells the tragic story of Werther, a young poet who falls deeply in love with Charlotte, a woman already engaged to another man. Still regularly performed around the world, Werther has long held a significant influence and impact on the world of opera and culture for its enduring emotional depth, romantic themes, and psychological insight.
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