[MONTEVERDI (Claudio)]. - STRIGGIO (Alessandro). L'Orfeo. [P - Lot 98

[MONTEVERDI (Claudio)]. - STRIGGIO (Alessandro). L'Orfeo. [Paris], Les Amis du livre contemporain, 2001. Large in-4, (16 of which 10 blank)-xiii-(1)-95 [of which the first blank]-(15 of which 10 blank) pp. bilingual Italian and French text, leaves in cover, publisher's illustrated cloth slipcase. Edition of 210 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives vellum. FRENCH TRANSLATION OF CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI'S ORFEO BOOK, compiled in 1982 by Giovanni Clerico. With a preface by Marc Fumaroli entitled "L'Orfeo d'Alessandro Striggio, et la quête italienne de la musique des anciens". 10 LITHOGRAPHIES BY JEAN-PAUL CHAMBAS, including 9 in color (2 double-page and 7 full-page), all on leaves included in the pagination. 2 compact discs housed by the publisher inside the slipcase: they allow us to hear the version of the opera performed in 1985 by the Concentus musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Das Alte Werk label).