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Christophe Colomb
(''Christopher Columbus'') is an opera in two parts by the French composer Darius Milhaud. The poet Paul Claudel wrote the libretto based on his own play about the life of Christopher Columbus, ''Le Livre de Christophe Colomb''. The opera was first performed at the Staatsoper, Berlin, on 5 May 1930 in a German translation by Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann. Milhaud thoroughly revised the work and produced a second version around 1955. The opera is on a large scale and requires many resources for its staging. As in many of his other works, Milhaud employs polytonality in parts of the score. Roles Synopsis The opera tells the life of Christopher Columbus in a series of episodes which avoid chronological order and are sometimes allegorical. Recording Janine Micheau (Reine Isabelle), Claudine Collart (Duchesse Medina Sidonia), Robert Massard (Christophe Colomb), Xavier Depraz (Christophe Colomb II, Messenger, etc.), Jean Giraudeau (Majordome, Cuisinier, Valet, Sultan), Lucien Lovano (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and Brazilian music and make extensive use of polytonality. Milhaud is considered one of the key modernist composers.Reinhold Brinkmann & Christoph Wolff, ''Driven into Paradise: The Musical Migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margherita Perras
Margherita Perras (sometimes Margarita Perra) (15 January 1908 – 2 February 1984) was a Greek soprano. Born in Thessaloniki or Monastiri, Perras sang in church from childhood, performing solos for weddings and funerals. She studied at the state conservatory in Thessaloniki and then at the Berlin University of the Arts, where a 1927 performance as Norina attracted the attention of Bruno Walter, who hired her for the Städtische Oper. There she sang the role of Nuri in '' Tiefland'' and Cupid in ''Orfeo ed Euridice'' in 1927; the following year she sang the title role in the local premiere of ''Hanneles Himmelfahrt'' by Paul Graener. After touring in Spain, Argentina, and Brazil, she took up residence at the Berlin Staatsoper, and in 1935 she received acclaim for her performance of Konstanze under Felix Weingartner at the Vienna State Opera, a role which she repeated for Salzburg in 1935 and at Glyndebourne in 1937. Other Mozart roles, such as the Queen of the Night, Susanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the Conservatoire de Paris winning first prize, joining the Comédie-Française in 1942. In 1946 he became a leading member of the Jean-Louis Barrault- Madeleine Renaud company at the Théâtre Marigny, playing in a wide repertoire from ''Les Fausses Confidences'', ''Bérénice'' and '' Le Songe d'une nuit d'été''. With the Renaud-Barrault at the Odéon-Théâtre de France he played both leading roles in ''le Mariage de Figaro'': Figaro on tour in the provinces and Count Almaviva in Paris. Desailly's second wife was the French actress Simone Valère, with whom he formed a theatre company which they directed successively at the Théâtre Hébertot and the Théâtre de la Madeleine. A wide repertoire was played at the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Granval
Jean-Pierre Granval, stage name of Jean-Pierre Charles Gribouval, (10 December 1923 – 28 May 1998) was a 20th-century French stage and film actor as well as a theatre director. Jean-Pierre Granval is the son of Charles Granval and Madeleine Renaud, both sociétaires of the Comédie-Française. He appeared in 4 feature films and some TV films, including some classics : '' The Satin Slipper'', '' Harold and Maude'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', '' Double Inconstancy''. He is buried in Pennedepie (Calvados). Filmography Film *1959: '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (by Jean Delannoy) - the journalist *1959: ''Picnic on the Grass'' (by Jean Renoir) - Ritou *1969: ''Life Love Death'' Television *1959: '' The Doctor's Horrible Experiment'' (TV Movie, by Jean Renoir) - le patron de l'hôtel de passe *1972: '' Les Fossés de Vincennes'' (TV Movie, by Pierre Cardinal) - le conseiller Réal Theatre Comedian * 1946: ''Hamlet'' by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Montbrison, Loire, Montbrison in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. He was a leading figure in avant-garde music, playing an important role in the development of integral serialism (in the 1950s), Aleatoric music, controlled chance music (in the 1960s) and the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time (from the 1970s onwards). His tendency to revise earlier compositions meant that his body of work was relatively small, but it included pieces regarded by many as lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while the smaller Comédie and Studio des Champs-Élysées above the latter may seat 601 and 230 people respectively. Commissioned by impresario Gabriel Astruc, the theatre was built from 1911 to 1913 upon the designs of brothers Auguste Perret and Gustave Perret following a scheme by Henry van de Velde, and became the first example of Art Deco architecture in the city. Less than two months after its inauguration, the Théâtre hosted the world premiere of the Ballets Russes' '' Rite of Spring'', which provoked one of the most famous classical music riots. At present, the theatre shows about three staged opera productions a year, mostly baroque or chamber works more suited to the modest size of its stage and orchestra pit. It also houses an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Rosenthal
Manuel Rosenthal (18 June 1904 – 5 June 2003) was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and America. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable list of compositions is mostly remembered for having orchestrated the popular ballet score ''Gaîté Parisienne'' from piano scores of Offenbach operettas, and for his recordings as a conductor. Early life and career Rosenthal was born in Paris to Anna Devorsosky, of Russian-Jewish descent, and a French father he never met.Nichols R. Manuel Rosenthal: Obituary. ''The Guardian'', 9 June 2003. His surname was taken from his stepfather, Bernard Rosenthal. He started his musical studies on violin at age 6, which he played in cafés and cinemas after his stepfather's death in 1918 to support his mother and sisters.Anderson, Martin, "A Century in Music: Manuel Rosenthal in Conversation" (April 2000). ''Tempo'' (New Ser.) (212): pp. 31-37. In 1920, he e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Giraudeau
Jean Giraudeau (1 July 1916, in Toulon – 7 February 1995), was an artist and French tenor,Obituary: Jean Giraudeau. ''Opera (British magazine), Opera'', June 1995, Vol.46, No.6, p671. and later theatre director, particularly associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and described in Grove as having a “lyrical voice” as well as being “a superb character actor”.Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist), Forbes E. Jean Giraudeau. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London & New York, 1997. He left a wide selection of recordings from both his operatic and concert repertoire, and created roles in several contemporary operas. Life and career Giraudeau's parents were both teachers at the conservatoire in Toulon.Alain Pâris. ''Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siècle.'' Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995 . After obtaining a degree in law, Giraudeau studied music, winning prizes in song, opera and cello in 1941. His stage debut w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Depraz
Xavier Depraz, ''né'' Xavier Marcel Delaruelle (22 April 1926 – 18 October 1994) was a French opera singer and actor. Life Born in Albert ( Somme), Depraz was a bass at the Paris Opéra until 1971. He took part in the premieres of operas by Marcel Landowski and Sergei Prokofiev. He also appeared as an actor, first on television, where he played the role of Ursus in ''The Man who laughs'' by , then on the big screen. Career Depraz entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1947 where he attended the classes of Fernand Francell for singing, Louis Musy for the stage and René Simon for theatre. Alain Pâris. ''Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siècle.'' Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995 (p351). He participated in the premieres of several operas: Marcel Landowski's ''Le Rire de Nils Halerius'' (1951) and ''Le Fou'', Poulenc's ''Dialogues des Carmélites'' and, in concert version, Prokofiev's '' The Fiery Angel'' (1954). In the 1953 Paris premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Massard
Robert Massard (born August 15, 1925) is a French baritone, primarily associated with the French repertory. He is one of a number of outstanding French opera singers of the postwar era. Career Massard was born in Pau, France, and was mainly self-taught. After singing in his native province, Massard made his professional debut at the Paris Opera in 1952, as the High Priest in ''Samson et Dalila'', shortly followed by Valentin in ''Faust''. The same year, he also made his debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, as Thoas in ''Iphigénie en Tauride''. His career rapidly took an international dimension with debuts in 1955, at La Scala and the Glyndebourne Festival, both as Ramiro in ''L'heure espagnole''. Oreste in ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' was his debut role at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Edinburgh Festival. Massard also appeared in North and South America, notably at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Teatro Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Micheau
Janine Micheau (17 April 1914 – 18 October 1976) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of her era in France, particularly associated with lyric soprano and coloratura soprano repertory. Biography Janine (or Jeanine) Micheau was born in Toulouse, and studied voice at the Conservatoire de Paris. She made her professional debut at the Opéra-Comique on 16 November 1933, as la Plieuse in ''Louise'', following this with Loys in ''Juif polonais'' by Camille Erlanger, the neighbour in ''Angélique'' by Jacques Ibert and small roles in ''Lakmé'' (Miss Rose) and ''Mireille'' (Andreloun). She later sang Cherubino in ''Le nozze di Figaro'', Olympia in ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'', Rosina in ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Leila in '' Les pêcheurs de perles'', Micaela in '' Carmen'', and the title role in ''Lakmé'' at the Salle Favart. By 1935 her performances gained her invitations to Marseille (''Lakmé''), and then (at the instigation of Pierre Monteux) to Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegory
As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners. Writers and speakers typically use allegories to convey (semi-)hidden or complex meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey. Many allegories use personification of abstract concepts. Etymology First attested in English in 1382, the word ''allegory'' comes from Latin ''allegoria'', the latinisation of the Greek ἀλληγορία (''allegoría''), "veiled language, figurative", which in turn comes from both ἄλλος (''allos''), "another, different" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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