Le Voyage dans la Lune
Sheet Music
ca. 1884 (printed and published)
ca. 1884 (printed and published)
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This is the cover of a music sheet for a quadrille, a type of dance, based on Offenbach's music for his comic opera Le Voyage dans la Lune, or A Trip To The Moon, choreographed by Henri Justamant, which premiered in Paris on 28 October 1875 at the Gaieté Theatre. It was first seen in England in an English version by Henry Leigh, at the Alhambra Theatre in 1876, with choreography again by Justamant. It was revived at Her Majesty's Theatre in March 1883 with choreography by Aimé Bertrand, probably drawing heavily on the original. Set in a snowy glen, it starred the 'premiere danceuse assoluta' Mlle. Consuela de la Brujere as Anea the Flying Dove, with Mlles Gerrish, Hemmings, Patti and Sismondi as the Four Swallows. Mlles. Sampietro, Powell and Theodora de Gillert were also billed as 'premieres danseuses'.
The operetta was loosely based on Jules Verne's humorous science fiction novel From The Earth To The Moon.Lionel Rignold starred as King Cosmos, with other favourite stars of the day including Fannie Leslie as Prince Caprice and Letty Lind as Phebe.
The operetta was loosely based on Jules Verne's humorous science fiction novel From The Earth To The Moon.Lionel Rignold starred as King Cosmos, with other favourite stars of the day including Fannie Leslie as Prince Caprice and Letty Lind as Phebe.
Object details
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| Title | Le Voyage dans la Lune (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Music sheet cover for 'Le Voyage dans la Lune Quadrille', composed by Oliver Metra. Colour lithograph published by J.B. Cramer & Co, ca.1884 |
| Physical description | Cover of the sheet music for 'Le Voyage dans la Lune'. In the centre, there is an image of a ballerinas dressed in white costumes and. Credits of the song are printed above and below the image. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | /LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE/
/(DE J. OFFENBACH)
Quadrille
PAR
OLIVIER METRA
ENT STA HALL PRICE 4
LONDON: J.B. CRAMER & CO, 201 REGENT STREET.
(Text on front of cover.) |
| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Literary reference | Le Voyage Dans La Lune by Olivier Metra |
| Summary | This is the cover of a music sheet for a quadrille, a type of dance, based on Offenbach's music for his comic opera Le Voyage dans la Lune, or A Trip To The Moon, choreographed by Henri Justamant, which premiered in Paris on 28 October 1875 at the Gaieté Theatre. It was first seen in England in an English version by Henry Leigh, at the Alhambra Theatre in 1876, with choreography again by Justamant. It was revived at Her Majesty's Theatre in March 1883 with choreography by Aimé Bertrand, probably drawing heavily on the original. Set in a snowy glen, it starred the 'premiere danceuse assoluta' Mlle. Consuela de la Brujere as Anea the Flying Dove, with Mlles Gerrish, Hemmings, Patti and Sismondi as the Four Swallows. Mlles. Sampietro, Powell and Theodora de Gillert were also billed as 'premieres danseuses'. The operetta was loosely based on Jules Verne's humorous science fiction novel From The Earth To The Moon.Lionel Rignold starred as King Cosmos, with other favourite stars of the day including Fannie Leslie as Prince Caprice and Letty Lind as Phebe. |
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| Accession number | S.456-2012 |
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