Puccini, Giacomo - Signed First Edition Manon Lescaut Score 1893 Programs Music Signed Composers Belgian operetta soprano (1915-

Belgian operetta soprano (1915-

Handwritten on two successive pages

This is just months after the Italian world premiere of this successful opera by Refice

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Puccini, Giacomo - Signed First Edition Manon Lescaut Score 1893 Programs Music Signed Composers Belgian operetta soprano (1915-Italian opera composer (1858 1924), the greatest creator of verismo for over 30 years until his death by cancer. Rare signed first edition of his opera Manon Lescaut, for piano and voice, published by Ricordi, 1893. Boldly signed and inscribed on the title page by Puccini, dated by him in Milan on June 17th, 1893, just 4 months after the world premiere of this opera also in Milan. Size is 8. 5 x 11 inches, complete with all 146 pages and covers,