Major Berlioz find in Paris
mainThe Bibliothèque nationale has announced the acquisition of a long-lost voice-and-piano manuscript of Hector Berlioz’s massive opera, Les Troyens.
The score had not been seen for more than a century.
It turned up when a private individual offered it to Sotheby’s and the auction house called Paris. The BNF has the world’s largest Berlioz collection.
The scores have been acquired by Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and with the help of a major French financial institution…