1898 Opera Comique LA MASCOTTE Edmond Audran, Duru & Chivot; Théâtre de la Gaîté

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1898 Opéra Comique
La Mascotte
Music by
Edmond Audran
words by
Duru
&
Chivot;
Théâtre de la Gaîté
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antique
(circa 1898)
sheet music from
La Mascotte
(
The Mascot
)
Théâtre de la Gaîté
(Theatre de la Gaite)
Three-Act
Opéra Comique
Music by
Edmond Audran
words by
Alfred Duru
and
Henri Chivot
Printed in Paris.
The publication has 9 numbered pages.
Included are:
Ballade Du Diable
- sung by
Noel
Duetto Des Moutons
- sung by
Noel & Cocyte
Chanson De Lorang-Outang
- sung by
de Berio
Romance Du Baiser
- sung by
Noel
Theatre de la Gaite opened in 1868 in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris
.
The singer/actress Cocyte
*
was active in the late 19
th
and early 20
th
Centuries.
This 120 year old publication is in fair to good overall condition.
It is complete and fully readable.
The front page (front cover/beginning of
Ballade Du Diable
) has separated from the rest of the item – see below).
Pages show edge wear, but no longer tears, creasing or heavy soiling.  See scans.
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From on-line sources:
*
Mathilde
COCYTE
-
French mezzo-soprano. First sang under the name of Mlle Thilma, in cafe-concerts and theaters of operettas with her husband, the comic Raiter (Folies-Bergere of Rouen, 1891, Alcazar of summer in Paris, 1894).  Engaged for three years at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris, she started under the name of Mathilde Cocyte, September 12, 1896.
From
The Directory of Artists
(1898) [translated from French]
Ms. Cocyte
: The charming divette is among those whose vocation is innate and that success devotes stars as a reward for their love of art. Mrs. Cocyte, from an early age, chirped like a nightingale and applied herself to the study of singing … Everywhere she was acclaimed and everywhere she was the favorite artist who imposes from the beginning by grace and talent. … M. Debruyere, the intelligent director of the
Theater de la Gaite
, engaged her brilliantly to play
Mascotte
, where she triumphed in the role of Bettina…
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