Etienne VIGEE(1758-1820, playwright and man of letters, brot - Lot 463

Etienne VIGEE(1758-1820, playwright and man of letters, brother of the portrait painter Elisabeth VIGEE LE BRUN) / Contract(1 p small in-4, 17.5 x 25 cm) drawn up under private seal in 2 copies, signed by himself, drawn up in Paris on March 7, 1815: It concerns the transfer of his rights to Louis VENTE (1765-1853, entertainment specialist) of Paris (boulevard des Italiens), for his opera "La Princesse de Babylone", "qui doit être incessamment représenté sur le théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique" - Following are the details and conditions of the transaction - Louis Vente has signed his hand afterwards, and each of the two has affixed his initials to approve opposite erasures and corrections ["La Princesse de Babylone", opera in 3 acts based on a libretto by Etienne Vigéed after Voltaire, with music byRodolphe Kreutzerand ballets byPierre Gardelfut performed for the first time in Paris on May 30, 1815 at the Académie Impériale de Musique, since between the date of the contract and the Première, Napoléon had returned to power].