Bidspirit auction | OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880)

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) - OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. A brief A.L.S., ` Jacques Offenbach ´, to his personal printed oblong 12mo letter paper bearing a his printed monogramme to the heading, n.p., n.d., to a friend, in French. Offenbach states `Mon cher ami, veuillez me donner un exemplaire de la petite partition de la chatte...´ (Translation: ” My dear friend, please give me a copy of the little cat's sheet music.. .”) One stain to the upper right corner, otherwise G La chatte métamorphosée en femme is an opéra comique in one act with music by Jacques Offenbach and a French libretto by Eugene Scribe. It premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on April 19th, 1858.