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Bernard Lopez
Bernard Lopez de Roberts ( Paris, 1813Paris, 30 May 1896) was a 19th-century French playwright of Spanish origin. His plays were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. Works *1839: ''Le Tribut des cent vierges'', drama in 5 acts, with Pujol *1840: ''Les Pages et les poissardes, ou la Cour et la Halle'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Edmond Rochefort *1840: ''Aubray le médecin'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Charles Desnoyer *1842: ''Les Chevau-légers de la Reine'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Charles Dupeuty *1843: ''La Chasse aux belles-filles, ou Garçon à marier'', vaudeville in 4 acts, with Laurencin *1844: ''Turlurette'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1846: ''Les Frères Dondaine'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Varin *1847: ''Le Phare de Bréhat, ou Un, deux et trois'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules-Édouard Alboize De Pujol
Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol (1805, Montpellier – 9 April 1854, Paris) was a French historian and playwright. Director of the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Montmartre, Alboize Pujol wrote several dramas and comedies, either alone or in collaboration. Selected works Publications *''Christiern de Danemark, ou les masques noirs,'' with Paul Foucher, Paris, Marchant, 1836. *''La Guerre des servantes,'' a drama in five acts and seven tableaux, with Charles Emmanuel Theaulon and Jean Harel, 26 August 1837. *''L’Idiote,'' a drama in three acts and in prose, performed in the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine, 2 December 1837, Paris, JN Barba, 1837. *''Le Tribut des cent vierges,'' Bernard Lopez, E. Duverger, performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, Sn, 1841. *''Marie Simon,'' a drama in five acts, with Saint-Yves, Paris, 1852. *''Les Chevaux du carrousel, ou le Dernier jour de Venise,'' a drama in five acts, with Paul Foucher, Paris, Dondey Widow Dupre . d. Librettos * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustave Vapereau
Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography Born in Orléans, Louis Gustave Vapereau studied philosophy at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' from 1838 to 1843, writing his thesis on Pascal's ''Pensées'' under the supervision of Victor Cousin. He taught philosophy at Tours until the establishment of the Second French Empire in 1852, when his republican principles cost him his position. Vapereau returned to Paris to study law, and in 1854 joined the French bar. He did not engage in any legal practice and returned to writing shortly afterwards. In 1858, he published the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and from 1859 to 1869 he edited the ''L'Année littéraire et dramatique''. After the collapse of the Empire, Vapereau was appointed prefect of Cantal on 14 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Delacour
Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he practised from 1841, Delacour turned progressively to the theatre. He collaborated with Eugène Labiche and Clairville for several vaudevilles Titles and decorations * Knight of the Legion of honour (7 August 1867 decree) His entry on the Base Léonore wrongly calls him ''Alfred-Charlemagne'' which was his pen name. Plays ''Le Courrier de Lyon'' (1850) was one of Delacour's noted plays. It was written together with Eugène Moreau and Paul Siraudin. The play was based on the story of Joseph Lesurques, an innocent man who was executed after he was mistaken for the leader of a gang who brutally murdered a courier. Aside from his collaborations with Labiche and Clairville, Delacour also worked with Lambert Thiboust on ''Le diable'' (1880), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Grangé
Eugène Grangé (16 December 1810 – 1 March 1887) was a French playwright, librettist, chansonnier and goguettier. Biography The son of Pierre-Joseph Basté and Louise-Thérèse Grangé, Pierre-Eugène Basté was born in rue Beautreillis in Paris. He attended the school and the collège Charlemagne. After graduation, he began working in a banking house that he left to start a literary career. At 17, he found himself having comédies en vaudeville played in the small theaters of Boulevard du Temple. He would sign these pieces with his middle name, Eugène and his mother's surname. He became the favorite author of Théâtre des Funambules and of Mme Saqui's show. By that time, he was dubbed the " Scribe of the boulevard du Temple". As a consequence of his success, Mme Saqui wanted him to work exclusively for her. For a year or two, Grangé would be the sole - and highly paid - author of her theater. In 1833, he gave the théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques a three-act play: ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including '' The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''The Three Musketeers'', ''Twenty Years After'' and '' The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later''. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Narrey
Charles Narrey (1825 in Becques, Nord – 1892 in Paris) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright from an Irish family arrived in France following James II of England. Narrey made his debut in 1847 with both a novel, ''Deux heures de mystères'', and two comedies performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, ''Les Notables de l'endroit'' (in 3 acts) and ''En bonne fortune'' (1 act). From 1853 until 1856, he was one of the administrators of this theatre. Narrey wrote a certain number of plays for different theatres, sometimes in collaboration with M. Michel : ''Le Passé et l'avenir'' (Odéon, 1847), ''Van Dyck à Londres'' (Odéon, 1848), ''Les Tribulations d'une actrice'' (Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ..., 1857), ''La Dame de trèfle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Scribe
Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques. Born to a middle-class Parisian family, Scribe was intended for a legal career, but was drawn to the theatre, and began writing plays while still in his teens. His early years as a playwright were unsuccessful, but from 1815 onwards he prospered. Writing, usually with one or more collaborators, he produced several hundred stage works. He wrote to entertain the public rather than educate it. Many of his plays were written in a formulaic manner which aimed at neatness of plot and focus on dramatic incident rather than naturalism, depth of characterisation or intellectual substance. For this he was much criticised by intellectuals, but the "well-made play" remained established in th ... [...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] |
Opéra Comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne),M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Richard Langham Smith"Opéra comique" '' Grove Music Online''. Oxford Music Online. 19 November 2009 which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow in nature; '' Carmen'', perhaps the most famous ''opéra comique'', is a tragedy. Use of the term The term ''opéra comique'' is complex in meaning and cannot simply be translated as "comic opera". The genre originated in the early 18th century with humorous and satirical plays performed at the theatres of the Paris fairs which contained songs ('' vaudevilles''), with new words set to already existing music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Méry
Joseph Méry (21 January 179717 June 1866) was a French writer, journalist, novelist, poet, playwright and librettist. Career An ardent romanticist, he collaborated with Auguste Barthélemy in many of his satires and wrote a great number of stories, now forgotten. Nowadays he is perhaps best remembered as the co-librettist of the original version in French of Verdi's ''Don Carlos,'' which premiered in Paris in March 1867. Also, he was the author of the play ''La Bataille de Toulouse'' which Verdi had earlier adapted for his opera ''La battaglia di Legnano'' in January 1849. He was noted in his time for his wit and ability to improvise. He produced several pieces at the Paris theatres, and also collaborated with Gérard de Nerval in adaptations from Shakespeare and in other plays. A friend of Offenbach, he wrote libretti for three of the composer's works. His novella ''Histoire de ce qui n'est pas arrivé'' (1854) is a significant exercise in alternate history, in which Mér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogniard Brothers
The Cogniard brothers were two French brothers who worked as playwrights and theatre directors, producing an incalculable number of vaudevilles, reviews, féeries and operettas. The elder of the two was Charles-Théodore or Théodore Cogniard (30 April 1806 - 13 May 1872) and the younger was Jean-Hippolyte or Hippolyte Cogniard (28 November 1807 – 6 February 1882) Both brothers were born and died in Paris. Career Nicknamed "les jumeaux siamois du vaudeville" (the Siamese twins of vaudeville),Huart (1839) they headed the théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1840 to 1845. In 1845 Hippolyte took sole charge of the Théâtre du Vaudeville, then of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1854 to 1869, where he instituted a repertoire solely consisting of operettas. It was under Hippolyte's leadership that Jacques Offenbach created his best known works : ''La Belle Hélène'', '' Barbe-Bleue'', ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' and ''La Périchole''. In 1869, on behalf of his son L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
