3273: 1 vol. Offenbach J(acques). Orphee aux Enfers Start Price USD 900.00 Current Price USD 1,100.00 Time Left - Bid Count 4 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Philadelphia, PA See more about '3273: 1 vol. Offenbach J(acques). Orphee aux Enfers' Description Current Lot 1 vol. Offenbach J(acques). Orphee aux Enfers 1 vol. Offenbach, J(acques). Orphee aux Enfers, Opera Bouffon en Deux Actes et Quatre Tableaux, Paroles de Mr. Hector Cremieux... Partition, Chant et Piano. Paris: Menestrel; Heugel, no date [1858]. First edition, piano vocal score, 4to, contemp. gilt-lettered, pebbled red cloth, orig. lithographic front wrapper preserved; cloth worn, front joint starting to separate. With 3 sheets of tinted & plain lithographic plates depicting 9 of the original performers in costume. Scattered foxing & spotting, occasional marginal dampstaining to front wrapper & a few other sheets, occasional underscoring. Publisher's stamp on front wrapper. The first edition of the first version of Offenbach's first major success. The well-known overture was composed by Carl Binder for the Vienna production of 1860, ... Particuarly through the famous cancan, [it] has remained Offenbach's best known operetta (see New Grove, 13: 510). Grove Opera, 3: 656 Place a Bid!