VIAN Boris

VIAN Boris

- Fiesta, autograph manuscript [1958]. 22 sheets in-4 in purple ink with sketches, original drawing by Boris Vian. This is the first version. Fiesta is an opera designed, like a ballet, for Jean Babilée.
- Fiesta, typescript23 leaves in-4 with autograph note, this is the typescript of the manuscript.
- Fiesta, autograph manuscript. Booklet [1958]34 leaves in-4 (one page is paginated "14 bis") The first page is typewritten, all the others are autograph. Complete manuscript.
- Fiesta, synopsis préparatoire au ballet4 leaves in-4 with ballpoint pen|3 autograph leaves corresponding to the scenery and the 10 phases of the Opera. Address and telephone number of Jean Babilee on one page| 4 typescript leaves. The title "La Fête" is replaced by "Fiesta"| 24 autograph sheets in a cardboard folder.
- Fiesta. Cinema version, autograph manuscript22 pages in-4.This manuscript is a slightly different version of the ballet.
- Lily Strada, autograph manuscript17 leaves in-4 with erasures and corrections (torn margins on the last page).Lily Strada is an opera adapted quite freely from Aristophanes' Lysistrata, as Vian points out in the manuscript. Published in Operas.
- Le Mercenaire, autograph texts and 5 pages typed in-4.Projects for an Opera with music by Georges Delerme.Last written by Boris Vian.
- L'Aboyeur, autograph manuscript 5 pages perforated in-4 in ink. "[...] Animated by sumptuous cars descending from emperor ladies, men in suits, big BOF [...]".
- Cinq bals, autograph manuscript11 stapled sheets in-4 in ink.Ballet's argument proposal.
- Ni vu ni connu, autograph manuscript8 perforated sheets in-4 in ink.Ballet's argument proposal. Important ink drawings by Boris Vian.