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Achille D'Artois
Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 - 2 December 1868) was a French writer, libretist and dramatist. Biography A very prolific librettist, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages during his lifetime (Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Opéra-Comique, Odéon, Théâtre de la Renaissance...). Works * ''Les maris ont tort'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1813 * ''Pauché ou la curiosité des femmes'', comédie anachréontique, in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Le Roi et la Ligue'', opéra comique in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1815 * ''Turenne, ou Un trait de modestie'', with F. de Bury, 1815 * ''Les visites'', tableau vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1815 * ''La Rosière de Hartwell'', comedie en vaudevilles on one act, with Armand d'Artois, 1816 * ''Les perroquets de la mère Philippe'', with Armand d'Artois and Emmanuel Théa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noyon
Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France. Geography Noyon lies on the river Oise, about northeast of Paris. The Oise Canal and the Canal du Nord pass through the commune. Noyon station is served by regional trains to Creil, Saint-Quentin, Compiègne and Paris. History The Gallo-Romans founded the town as Noviomagus (Celtic for "New Field" or "Market"). As several other cities shared the name, it was distinguished by specifying the people living in and around it. The town is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary as being 27 Roman miles from Soissons and 34 Roman miles from Amiens, but d'Anville noted that the distance must be in error, Amiens being further and Soissons closer than indicated. By the Middle Ages, the town's Latin name had mutated to Noviomum. The town was strongly fortified; some sections of the Roman walls still remained in late antiquity. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the French Academy and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps. Life Early years La Fontaine was born at Château-Thierry in France. His father was Charles de La Fontaine, maître des eaux et forêts – a kind of deputy-ranger – of the Duchy of Château-Thierry; his mother was Françoise Pidoux. Both sides of his family were of the highest provincial middle class; though they were not noble, his father was fairly wealthy. Jean, the eldest child, was educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri De Tully
Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright. Life A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique, an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg, he was co-founder of the Théâtre Beaumarchais (1835) with Théodore Ferdinand Vallou de Villeneuve. His theatre plays, often signed with the collective pseudonym ''Charles Henri'' were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville. An editor at ''La Psyché'', he also authored several songs.Quérard, op.cit. Works *1822: ''Les Dames Martin, ou le Mari, la femme et la veuve'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Gabriel-Alexandre Belle *1825: ''L'Exilé'', vaudeville in 2 acts, after ''Old Mortality'' by Walter Scott, with Théodore Anne and Achille d'Artois *1827: ''Le Mari par intérim'', comédie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Vernet
Jules Vernet (? - 1845) was a 19th-century French dramatist whose plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Works *1816: ''Les jumelles béarnaises'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Émile Cottenet *1816: ''La Magnétismomanie'', one-act comedie-foly mingled with couplets *1816: ''Les Rivaux impromptu sic"', one-act comedy in prose, mingled with couplets *1817: ''Ni l'un, ni l'autre'', tableau villageois, in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1818: ''Une visite à ma tante, ou la Suite des Perroquets'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle *1819: ''Le Mûrier'', one-act vaudeville *1820: ''Cadet Roussel Troubadour'', one-act comedy, with Joseph Aude and Ferdinand Laloue *1824: ''La Jeunesse d'un grand peintre, ou les Artistes à Rome'', one-act comedy in pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules-Henri Vernoy De Saint-Georges
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (7 November 1799 – 23 December 1875) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris. He was one of the most prolific librettists of the 19th century, often working in collaboration with others. Saint-Georges' first work, (1823), a comédie en vaudeville written in collaboration with Alexandre Tardif, was followed by a series of operas and ballets. In 1829 he became manager of the Opéra-Comique at Paris. Among Saint-Georges' more famous libretti are: the ballet ''Giselle'' (with Théophile Gautier) (1841), the opera (1835) for Halévy, the opera (with Jean-François Bayard) (1840) for Donizetti, and the opera for Georges Bizet. Virtually all his opera libretti are for opéras comiques, although (1841), for Halévy, was a grand opera. In all Saint-Georges wrote over seventy stage pieces in collaboration with Eugène Scribe and other authors. He also wrote novels, including . Saint-Georges was notably old-fashioned in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurin-Joseph Brisset
Mathurin-Joseph Brisset (22 November 1792 – 7 June 1856) was a French writer, poet, political journalist and playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Biography A bodyguard attached to the company of Havré, then an infantry officer during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, he took part to the Spanish campaign (1823) where he was awarded the cross of first class knight of the Order of Saint Ferdinand. He left the army after the July Revolution of 1830 and landed as political critic by the '' Gazette de France''. He also held there theatrical criticism and devoted himself entirely to writing. Thus, he published a considerable number of historical novels and his plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of his time: Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Gymnase dramatique etc. Works *1816: ''Les Dames du Lis'', poem *1818: ''La Statue de Henri IV'', ode *1818: ''La Salle des Maréchaux'' *1820 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (Lunéville, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor and composer. Biography A student of Rodolphe Kreutzer, he was admitted in 1801 into the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, originally as first violin, became deputy conductor in 1805 and succeeded Frédéric Blasius as first chief in 1816, a position that he would leave in 1828.Viviane Niaux, ''George Onslow : gentleman compositeur'', 2003, p. 97 He authored music for opéras comiques, arrangements for operas and compositions of numerous plays for Parisian boulevard theatres of the 19th century. Works *1803: ''Aline, reine de Golconde'', opera in three acts, by Jean-Baptiste Vial and Edmond Favières, (arrangements) *1805: ''Le Vaisseau amiral'' opera in one act, by Saint-Cyr, (arrangements) *1809: ''Françoise de Foix'', in three acts by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Dupaty, (operture) *1813: ''Le Forgeron de Bassora'', opéra comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Blangini
Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (18 November 1781 – December 1841) was an Italian musical composer. Biography Blangini was born in Turin, where, at the age of 12, he became organist of the cathedral. At 14 he led a mass with a full orchestra. He went to Paris in 1799, and was for several years a successful composer of opera there. His fame, however, rests chiefly on his smaller pieces, which were received with much favor, especially in Germany, where he officiated for some time as chapelmaster at the courts of the elector of the Bavarian Electorate of the Palatinate, and of the king of Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regio .... He died in Paris at age 60. Blangini was among the composers involved in the creation of '' La marquise de Brinvilliers''. Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand-François Jouslin De La Salle
Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théâtre des Variétés in 1839. Theatre * ''Le Mûrier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Vernet 22 June 1819. * ''Les Deux Veuves ou les Contrastes'', comedy in 1 act, with Martial Aubertin, 10 April 1821. * ''Jane Shore'', melodrame en 3 acts, with Hyacinthe Decomberousse, Alphonse de Chavanges, 1824. * ''La Famille du charlatan'', folie vaudeville in 1 act, with Maurice de Chavanges, 12 October 1824. * ''L’École du scandale'', play in 3 acts and in prose, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice, Edmond Crosnier, 8 December 1824. * ''Les Acteurs à l’auberge'', comedy in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and Francis Cornu, 28 May 1825. * ''La Corbeille de mariage ou les Étrennes du futur'', vaudeville in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariette
In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. Etymology The Italian term ''aria'', which derives from the Greek ἀήρ and Latin ''aer'' (air), first appeared in relation to music in the 14th century when it simply signified a manner or style of singing or playing. By the end of the 16th century, the term 'aria' refers to an instrumental form (cf. Santino Garsi da Parma lute works, 'Aria del Gran Duca'). By the early 16th century it was in common use as meaning a simple setting of strophic poetry; melo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Dieulafoy
Joseph-Marie-Armand-Michel Dieulafoy (1762, Toulouse – 13 December 1823) was a French librettist and playwright. Biography He was received lawyer in Toulouse and he seemed destined to the bar where he had started. In his relatives, owners of large properties in the colonies drew him to the New World, and he moved to Santo Domingo where fortunate speculations already promised him a brilliant fortune. But the upheaval and emancipation of the Haitian Revolution destroyed his hopes: his house was burned down and his plantations were devastated by those who had formerly been enslaved there. He escaped the massacre du Cap in 1793 and fled to Philadelphia where he stayed there for a while, then returned to France where he devoted himself to dramatic poetry, mainly the vaudeville genre. The Théâtre du Vaudeville (which was then located rue de Chartres) saw his success since 1798, that is to say at the time of his greatest vogue. He also gave various plays to most theaters of Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel De Lurieu
Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom he is sometimes mistaken, was also a playwright, who used the pseudonym "J. Gabriel", under which he cowrote the libretto for the opera ''La perle du Brésil'' by Félicien David, and the collective pseudonym "Monsieur Sapajou" (with Armand d'Artois and Francis d'Allarde). Biography The son of a captain of Dragons from a family of the minor nobility (squire) of the former Forez province, parallel to its inspector general career in the watch of Benevolent Institutions of the City of Paris, he started writing theatre plays. He authored numerous plays and libretti for opéras comiques, most of them written in collaboration, in particular with Théophile Marion Dumersan, Francis baron d'Allarde, Armand d'Artois, Nicolas Brazier, Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
