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Florine Dezède
Florine Dezède (1766–1792) was a French composer, known for the opera '' Lucette et Lucas.'' She was one of the most celebrated female composers of the 1780s. Florine Dezède was the daughter of composer Nicolas Dezède. Little is known about her life. ''Lucette et Lucas'' is a one-act ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'' with a libretto by Nicolas-Julien Forgeot. It is a sentimental story of young lovers Lucette and Lucas who must comedically outwit those opposed to their marriage. The Comédie-Italienne premiered ''Lucette et Lucas'' at the Hôtel de Bourgogne on 8 November 1781. It was a mainstay of their repertoire, often paired with an opera by her father. There were 43 performances in the next decade, including one at Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Et Lucas
Lucette may refer to: * ''Lucette'', a schooner attacked by killer whales People with the given name *Lucette Aldous (1938–2021), Australian ballet dancer and ballet teacher *Lucette Finas (born 1921), French author and essayist, part of the structuralist movement *Lucette Lagnado, American journalist and memoirist born in Cairo, Egypt *Lucette Michaux-Chevry Lucette Michaux-Chevry (5 March 1929 – 9 September 2021) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Dezède
Nicolas-Alexandre Dezède (c.1740 in Lyon – 11 September 1798, in Paris) was an 18th-century French composer born from unknown parents. Dezède presented a great many number of opéras comiques, of which several were popular, at the Théâtre italien de Paris. He served the Duke des Deux-Ponts from 1749 to 1790. A freemason, he was initiated at the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs in Paris.Le cosmopolitisme musical à Paris à la fin du XVIIIe siècle par Pierre-François Pinaud chroniques d'histoire maçonnique n°.63 Mozart and Beethoven both wrote variations on themes by Dezède. His daughter Florine Dezède composed the opera '' Lucette et Lucas.'' Main operas *1772: ''Julie'' (28 September) ; *1777: ''Les Trois Fermiers'' ; *1783: ''Blaise et Babet'' ; *1784: ''Le Véritable Figaro'' ; *1785: ''Alexis et Justine''. References Bibliography Alessandro Di Profio, ''Dezède (Familie)'', MGG (''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''), new edition : Kassel, Bärenreiter, 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comédie Mêlée D'ariettes
The French term ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'' ('comedy mixed with little songs') was frequently used during the late ''ancien régime'' for certain types of '' opéra comique'' (French opera with spoken dialogue). The term became popular in the mid 18th century following the Querelle des Bouffons, a dispute over the respective merits of French serious opera and Italian ''opera buffa''. At first it was applied to works which parodied Italian ''opera buffa'', in the sense that the words were changed but not the music. One of the earliest examples is the librettist Charles-Simon Favart's '' Le caprice amoureux, ou Ninette à la cour'' (1755), which was a parody of Carlo Goldoni's ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno'' (1748), a pasticcio with music by Vincenzo Ciampi and others (first performed in Paris in 1753 as ''Bertoldo in corte''). Another common term for such parodies was ''opéra bouffon''.Bartlet 1992. Soon, however, the term ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'' came to be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass (liturgy), Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet. ''Libretto'' (; plural ''libretti'' ), from Italian, is the diminutive of the word ''wiktionary:libro#Italian, libro'' ("book"). Sometimes other-language equivalents are used for libretti in that language, ''livret'' for French works, ''Textbuch'' for German and ''libreto'' for Spanish. A libretto is distinct from a synopsis or scenario of the plot, in that the libretto contains all the words and stage directions, while a synopsis summarizes the plot. Some ballet historians also use the word ''libretto'' to refer to the 15 to 40 page books which were on sale to 19th century ballet audiences in Paris and contained a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas-Julien Forgeot
Nicolas-Julien Forgeot (July 1758, Paris – 4 April 1798) was an 18th-century French librettist, man of letters and playwright. Biography At first Forgeot devoted himself to literature only as a pastime, and was almost entirely involved in the occupations that gave him a rather important job as an inspector of the postes. His first play, ''les Rivaux amis'' was a real trifle. The dialogue was so cut that there were not three tirades with six verse: everything rolled on words that skillful players argued. These kinds of plays, very fashionable some years before the Revolution, were canvasses on which the actors embroidered at will: their silent game, their inflections, gave these pieces all the credit; and when one read the book, one was surprised to find nothing in it. ''Les Deux Oncles'', in one act, in verse (Paris, 1780, in-8°) was successful. ''Les Épreuves'', which followed ''les Rivaux Amis'', in one act, in verse (1782, in-8°), marked some progress: the characters wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comédie-Italienne
Comédie-Italienne or Théâtre-Italien are French names which have been used to refer to Italian-language theatre and opera when performed in France. The earliest recorded visits by Italian players were commedia dell'arte companies employed by the French court under the Italian-born queens Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici. These troupes also gave public performances in Paris at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne, probably the earliest public theatre to be built in France. The first official use of the name Comédie-Italienne was in 1680, when it was given to the commedia dell'arte troupe at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, to distinguish it from the French troupe, the Comédie-Française, which was founded that year, and just as the name Théâtre-Français was commonly applied to the latter, Théâtre-Italien was used for the Italians. Over time French phrases, songs, whole scenes, and eventually entire plays were incorporated into the Comédie-Italienne's performances. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel De Bourgogne (theatre)
Hôtel de Bourgogne was a theatre, built in 1548 for the first authorized theatre troupe in Paris, the Confrérie de la Passion. It was located on the rue Mauconseil (now the rue Étienne Marcel in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris), on a site that had been part of the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy (the former Hôtel de Bourgogne). The most important French theatre until the 1630s, it continued to be used until 1783,Forman 2010, p. 134 ("Hôtel de Bourgogne"). after which it was converted to a leather market and eventually totally demolished. The Confrérie performed farce and secular dramas, but lacking great success, began renting the theatre to itinerant acting companies, including Italian ''commedia dell'arte'' troupes, who introduced the characters Harlequin and Pantalone, as well as burlesque. In 1628, a French company, the Comédiens du Roi, became permanently established and performed many of the classics of French theatre, including ''Andromaque'' and ''Phèdre'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
