CAPEK, Karel.

Vec Makropulos. Komedie o trech dejstvích s premenou.

Prague, Aventinum, 1922. 8vo, pp. 92, [4]; a fine copy, uncut in the original decorated wrappers designed by Josef Capek, spine lightly browned; in a folding cloth box. First edition of Capek’s satirical drama on the theme of longevity, the source for Janácek’s opera, The Makropulos Case. The composer had seen the play early into its run in December 1922, and soon began a correspondence with Capek over the possibility of using it as the basis for an opera. Janácek wrote the libretto himself; the opera premiered in December 1926.OCLC locates 3 copies only (Library of Congress, Indiana, Cambridge).

• GBP 1,250.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: F1115.1

• Antiquariat: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)