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Éden-Théâtre
The Éden-Théâtre was a large theatre (4,000 seats) in the rue Boudreau, Paris, built at the beginning of the 1880s by the architects William Klein and Albert Duclos (1842–1896) in a style influenced by orientalism. It was demolished in 1895. History Éden-Théâtre Inspired by Moghol architecture, it was inaugurated on 7 January 1883 with the ballet ''Excelsior!'' with music by Romualdo Marenco, and this was followed in subsequent years by other spectacular ballets. The theatre witnessed the single performance of the first Paris production of Wagner's ''Lohengrin'', on 3 May 1887 (in French) with Ernest van Dyck and Fidès Devriès, conducted by Charles Lamoureux, which aroused enormous opposition among the Parisian public. This was followed in 1888 by ''La fille de Madame Angot'' with Anna Judic and Jeanne Granier and ''Le petit duc'' with José Dupuis and Granier. The four-act version of ''Orphée aux enfers'' with Christian and Granier, a revival of ''Excelsior!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éden-Théâtre Auditorium - Andia 1998 P142
The Éden-Théâtre was a large theatre (4,000 seats) in the rue Boudreau, Paris, built at the beginning of the 1880s by the architects William Klein and Albert Duclos (1842–1896) in a style influenced by orientalism. It was demolished in 1895. History Éden-Théâtre Inspired by Moghol architecture, it was inaugurated on 7 January 1883 with the ballet ''Excelsior!'' with music by Romualdo Marenco, and this was followed in subsequent years by other spectacular ballets. The theatre witnessed the single performance of the first Paris production of Wagner's ''Lohengrin'', on 3 May 1887 (in French) with Ernest van Dyck and Fidès Devriès, conducted by Charles Lamoureux, which aroused enormous opposition among the Parisian public. This was followed in 1888 by ''La fille de Madame Angot'' with Anna Judic and Jeanne Granier and '' Le petit duc'' with José Dupuis and Granier. The four-act version of ''Orphée aux enfers'' with Christian and Granier, a revival of ''Excelsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson Et Dalila
''Samson and Delilah'' (french: Samson et Dalila, links=no), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed in Weimar at the (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) on 2 December 1877 in a German translation. The opera is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It is the only opera by Saint-Saëns that is regularly performed. The second act love scene in Delilah's tent is one of the set pieces that define French opera. Two of Delilah's arias are particularly well known: "" ("Spring begins") and "" ("My heart opens itself to your voice", also known as "Softly awakes my heart"), the latter of which is one of the most popular recital pieces in the mezzo-soprano/contralto repertoire. Composition history In the middle of the 19th century, a revival of interest in choral music swept France, and Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphée Aux Enfers
''Orpheus in the Underworld'' and ''Orpheus in Hell'' are English names for (), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act "opéra bouffon" at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 21 October 1858, and was extensively revised and expanded in a four-act "opéra féerie" version, presented at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, on 7 February 1874. The opera is a lampoon of the ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He is glad to be rid of his wife, Eurydice, when she is abducted by the god of the underworld, Pluto. Orpheus has to be bullied by Public Opinion into trying to rescue Eurydice. The reprehensible conduct of the gods of Olympus in the opera was widely seen as a veiled satire of the court and government of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Some critics expressed outrage at the librettists' di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosine Bloch
Rosine Bloch (7 November 1844 – 1 February 1891)Pierre 1900p. 701 "née à Paris, 7 nov. 1844", "†Monte Carlo (Nice?), 1 fév. 1891". Other sources differ with regard to her dates and places of birth and death. Walsh 1981, p. 374: "(1832? 1844? 1849?–1891)"; Kutsch and Riemens 2003, p. 454: "* 1832 Bischheim (Departement Bas-Rhin). †1891 Nizza"''The Musical Times'' (1 March 1891)reports that she "died at Nice on February 1, aged 42", consistent with 1848 as her year of birth. was a French operatic mezzo-soprano of Jewish descent who had a successful stage career in Europe between 1865 and 1891. She not only possessed a beautiful, warm, and lyrical voice but was also a remarkably beautiful woman physically. Although most of her career was spent performing at the Opéra in Paris, she also appeared in stages in Belgium, Monaco, and England. Biography Bloch was born in Paris, the daughter of a merchant. She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Nicolas Levasseur and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jolie Fille De Perth
''La jolie fille de Perth'' (''The Fair Maid of Perth'') is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the 1828 novel ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' by Sir Walter Scott. Many writers have reserved severe criticism for the librettists for their stock devices and improbable events, while praising Bizet's advance on his earlier operas in construction of set pieces and his striking melodic and instrumental ideas. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris, on 26 December 1867. Performance history Although commissioned by Léon Carvalho in 1866 and completed by Bizet by the end of that year (with the soprano lead intended for Christine Nilsson), the dress rehearsal took place in September 1867 and the first performance three months later.Hugh Macdonald: "''La jolie fille de Perth''". In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', Macmillan, London an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Granier
Jeanne Granier (31 March 1852 – 18 or 19 December 1939) was a French soprano, born and died in Paris, whose career was centred on the French capital.Gänzl K. Jeanne Granier. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Life and career Granier was a pupil of Madame Barthe-Banderali, studying both opéra-comique and Italian music. Her debut was in 1873 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, replacing at short notice Louise Théo as Rose Michon in the opening run of ''La jolie parfumeuse''. Thus noticed by Offenbach, she went on to create '' Giroflé-Girofla'' (Paris premiere), title role in ''La Marjolaine'', the title role in '' Le petit duc'', ''Janot'', ''Ninella'', ''Mme le Diable'', '' Belle Lurette'' and ''Fanfreluche''. Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895. She became for a period of 20 years one of the biggest musical stars in Paris, gifted both as an actress and singer whose admire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fille De Madame Angot
''La fille de Madame Angot'' (''Madame Angot's Daughter'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq with words by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning. It was premiered in Brussels in December 1872 and soon became a success in Paris, London, New York and across continental Europe. Along with Robert Planquette's ''Les cloches de Corneville'', ''La fille de Madame Angot'' was the most successful work of the French-language musical theatre in the last three decades of the 19th century, and outperformed other noted international hits such as ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and ''Die Fledermaus''. The opera depicts the romantic exploits of Clairette, a young Parisian florist, engaged to one man but in love with another, and up against a richer and more powerful rival for the latter's attentions. Unlike some more risqué French comic operas of the era, the plot of ''La fille de Madame Angot'' proved exportable to more strait-laced countries without the need for extensive rewriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali-Baba (Lecocq)
''Ali-Baba'' is an opéra comique in three acts, first produced in 1887, with music by Charles Lecocq. The French libretto based on the familiar tale from the Arabian Nights was by Albert Vanloo and William Busnach. After some initial success the work faded from the repertoire. Performance history Ali Baba was a popular subject for operas ( Cherubini, 1833, Bottesini, 1871), pantomimes and extravaganzas in Paris and London during the nineteenth century.Gänzl K. Ali Baba – in ''The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994. Both librettists were experienced in opéra-bouffe and had previously worked with Lecocq, Busnach from 1866 with ''Myosotis'', Vanloo starting in 1874 with '' Giroflé-Girofla''; the two men had met in 1868 when Vanloo had submitted an opéra-bouffe for consideration to Busnach who was at the time the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée.Opéra-Comique Dossier Pédagogique: Ali-Baba (Anne Le Nabour (2013) Originally intended for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile Mézeray
Cécile Mézéray was a French soprano active in France and Belgium in the mid nineteenth century. Born around 1859, she was one of the daughters of the musician Charles Mézeray (né Costard, born in Brunswick in 1810 and sometime conductor of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux). Her sisters Caroline and Reine were also professional singers. Fétis F-J. ''Biographie universelle des musiciens'', supplement, vol. 1, pp. 254–255. Paris, 1878. As well as singing, Cécile also played the harp.Noel E and Stoullig E. ''Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 3eme édition, 1877.'' G Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1878, 220-221. Life and career At the age of 18? Mézéray appeared with the Théâtre Lyrique at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris as Rosine in the ''Barber of Seville'' in April 1877, and later that season as Violetta Tiepolo in ''Bravo'' by Salvayre. Mézéray made her Paris Opéra-Comique debut on 27 May 1878 as Isabelle in ''Le Pré aux clercs'', having spent the previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Van Dyck
Ernest Van Dyck (2 April 1861 – 31 August 1923) was a Belgian dramatic tenor who was closely identified with the Wagnerian repertoire. Forbes, Elizabeth. Ernest arie HubertVan Dyck. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Biography A native of Antwerp, where he was educated in a Jesuit school, Van Dyck studied both law and philosophy in Leuven before deciding to become an opera singer. The notary under whom he was studying introduced him to the conductor Joseph Dupont. He became a journalist, working for '' Le Courrier de l'Escaut'' in Antwerp and " La Patrie" in Paris. l'Art Lyrique Français website: Ernest VAN DYCK page. accessed 14 February 2015. From his arrival in Paris and debut at the |
Daudet
Daudet is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the surname * Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist * Célimène Daudet (born 1977), French classical pianist * Ernest Daudet (1837–1921), French journalist, novelist and historian * François Daudet (born 1965), French classical pianist * Joris Daudet (born 1991), French cyclist * Julia Daudet (1844–1940), French writer, poet and journalist * Léon Daudet Léon Daudet (; 16 November 1867 – 2 July 1942) was a French journalist, writer, an active monarchist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Move to the right Daudet was born in Paris. His father was the novelist Alphonse Daudet, his moth ... (1867–1942), French journalist, writer, an active Orléanist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt (son of Alphonse Daudet) * Lucien Daudet (1878–1946), French novelist, painter, and friend of Marcel Proust (son of Alphonse Daudet) People with the given name * Daudet N'Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Émile Engel
François Pierre Émile Engel (Paris 15 February 1847 – Paris 10th arrondissement 18 July 1927) was a French operatic tenor active on the stages of Brussels, Paris, Monte-Carlo and other European cities where he sang leading roles in several world premieres. Life and career Engel was born in Paris and studied for four years with Gilbert Duprez. He made his debut in 1863 at the age of 16 in Duprez's ''Jeanne d'Arc''. Early in his career sang at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Paris, where in 1867 he created the title role in Jules Duprato's ''Le chanteur florentin''. He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1877 and the following year there created the role of Enrique in Louis Deffès's ''Les noces de Fernande''. In 1879, he left the Opéra-Comique and sang in other European countries. From 1885 to 1889 he was a leading tenor with Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, singing in the world premieres of Litolff's, ''Les templiers'' (1886), Chabrier's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
