Poster
Poster for the première of “Carmen”
Prudent-Louis Leray · 1875
The poster for the first performance of Carmen at the Opéra-Comique. Zoom in to see the engraving and the artist’s signature.
- Object number
- HGO-BT-AP-0001
- Type
- Poster
- Collection
- Posters & printed matter
- Maker / artist
- Prudent-Louis Leray
- Date
- 1875
- Place of origin
- Paris, France
- Materials & technique
- Colour lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Poster format (digitised copy)
- Related production / event
- Carmen (Georges Bizet) — premièred at the Opéra-Comique, 3 March 1875
- Condition
- Good
- Display status
- On display — Display area, second-floor foyer (illustrative)
Keywords: Poster · Opera · Bizet
The story of the object
The lithographic poster was the nineteenth-century theatre’s chief means of publicity. The 1875 Carmen shows a narrative graphic style — the heroine placed at the centre, the title set large above.
Record & rights
- Provenance
- Public-domain digitisation on Wikimedia Commons (restoration: Adam Cuerden).
- Acquisition
- Sample digital record for this demo
- Digitisation
- High-resolution photography
- Rights
- Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (restoration: Adam Cuerden)
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