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Henri Blondeau
Henri Marie Gabriel Blondeau (5 August 1841 – 4 May 1925) was a French playwright, librettist and Chansonnier (singer), chansonnier, famous for his song ''Frou-frou (song), Frou-frou''. Biography A clerk by a stockbroker, he became known in the early 1860s by his ditties in the cafés-concerts. With his friend Hector Monréal, they would collaborate during 40 years on the stages. His Play (theatre), plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre des Variétés, Alhambra (Paris), Théâtre du Château d'Eau. In 1870, during the Paris Commune, and in association with Monréal, he ran a satirical newspaper called the ''Fils du Père Duchêne illustré''. Works * ''Ah ! J'aime bien mieux ça !'', chansonnette, music by Ernest Martin, 1863 * ''L'Embarras du choix !'', chansonnette, music by Martin, 1863 * ''Victoire et félicité !'', duo comique, mu ... [...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] |
Operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its shorter length, the operetta is usually of a light and amusing character. It sometimes also includes satirical commentaries. "Operetta" is the Italian diminutive of "opera" and was used originally to describe a shorter, perhaps less ambitious work than an opera. Operetta provides an alternative to operatic performances in an accessible form targeting a different audience. Operetta became a recognizable form in the mid-19th century in France, and its popularity led to the development of many national styles of operetta. Distinctive styles emerged across countries including Austria-Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. Through the transfer of operetta among different countries, cultural cosmop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pourrière
René Paul Émile Pourrière ( ? – 13 January 1945) was a 20th-century French playwright and chansonnier. Works *1908: ''La Marocaine !'', chansonnette militaire, music by F. Vargues *1909: ''Le Front des mamans'', music by Odette Vargues *1909: ''Réponse à Pierrot'', music by O. Vargues *1909: ''Les trois Billets'', music by O. Vargues *1909: ''Vive l'été'', music by F. Vargues *1910: ''La Toquette'', with Alexandre Trébitsch, music by Félicien Vargues *1910: ''Ah ! Mireille !'', music by F. Vargues *1910: ''Le Cœur de Mimi'', song, music by F. Vargues *1910: ''Fin d'amour'', music by Odette Vargues *1910: ''Le Rêve du gondolier'', music by O. Vargues *1911: ''Le joli Modèle'', with Maurice Duval, music by F. Vargues *1911: ''Miarka !'', song, music by F. Vargues *1912: ''Un sou d'plaisir'', song, music by Fernand Heintz *1912: ''Carolina'', music by F. Vargues *1912: ''La Dame et le jeune homme'', music by F. Vargues *1912: ''Frans, le sonneur'', music by F. Vargues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Planquette
Jean Robert Planquette (31 July 1848 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of songs and operettas. Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, especially ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1878), the length of whose initial London run broke all records for any piece of musical theatre up to that time. ''Rip Van Winkle'' (1882) also earned international fame. Life and career The son of a singer, Planquette was born in Paris and educated at the Paris Conservatoire. He did not finish his studies, lacking the funds to do so, and worked as a café pianist and composer and singing (he was a tenor). A few romances that he composed brought less fame than did his song, "Sambre et Meuse", first sung in 1867 by Lucien Fugère, who went on to be one of the foremost French opera singers of his day. In 1876, the director of the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques gave Planquette a commission to compose his first operetta, ''Les cloches de Corneville''. It op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravaganza
An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also has elements of cabaret, circus, revue, variety, vaudeville and mime. ''Extravaganza'' may more broadly refer to an elaborate, spectacular, and expensive theatrical production. 19th-century British dramatist, James Planché, was known for his extravaganzas. Planché defined the genre as "the whimsical treatment of a poetical subject."Planché. ''The recollections and reflections of J.R. Planché (Somerset herald): a professional biography'' (1872), Vol. II, p. 43 The term is derived from the Italian word ''stravaganza'', meaning extravagance. See also *Spectacle *Victorian burlesque Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian era, Victorian Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Delilia
Alfred Delilia, full name Alfred Georges Marie Delilia, (16 September 1844 – 5 May 1916) was a French playwright, journalist, and chansonnier. Biography A journalist under the pseudonyms Georges Davray for '' L'Événement'' and Alfred Didier for '' Le Voltaire'', publication director of the ''L'Écho de la Légion d'honneur'', he was dramaturge of the Théâtre Antoine. From 1897, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th-century and the beginning of the 20th including the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Théâtre Déjazet, and the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques. Works * ''On nous écrit de Marseille'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1867 * ''Au Grand-Cerf'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Le Senne, 1869 * ''La Bonne à Venture'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Les Mémoires d'un flageolet'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Le Théâtre Scribe'', à-propos in verses, with Le Senne, 1874 * ''Allons b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Chivot
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Lemonnier
Alphonse Lemonnier, full name Hippolyte Alphonse Lemonnier, (20 August 1842 – 16 July 1907) was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, chansonnier and playwright. Biography Lemonnier was born in Paris, 6me arrondissement. He made his comedian debut at the Cirque-Olympique before he became theatrical columnist for many newspapers. The founder of the ''Moniteur des théâtres et des plaisirs'' (1869), the ''Parisien illustré'' (1867) and ''La Vie thermale'' (1867), he was the publication director of the ''Paris-mondain'' (1880-1881) and ''Colombine'' (1894-1895) periodics. Stage manager of the Théâtre des Variétés, then successively director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, the Théâtre du Château-d'eau and the Théâtre Déjazet, he later was managing director of the Alhambra and the Comédie-Mondaine (1906) in Brussels. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre Déjazet, the Théâtre de la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Grisier
Auguste Marc Alphonse Georges Grisier (2 February 1853 – 5 June 1909) was a French playwright and journalist. He collaborated to numerous newspapers such as ''Le Figaro'', ''Paris-Journal'', ''Le Peuple français'', '' La Patrie'', '' La France'' or ''L’Écho de France'' and was managing director of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1895. His plays were performed, inter alia at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu. Works *1884 : ''Le Bouquet de violettes'', opéra comique in one act, with Maxime Boucheron *1885 : ''Pêle-mêle gazette'', revue in 4 acts and 7 tableaux, with Blondeau and Monréal *1886 : ''Paris en général'', revue, with Henri Blondeau and Hector Monréal *1886 : ''Le Petit Canuchon'', vaudeville in 4 acts, with Monréal *1888 : ''Roger la honte'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Jules Mary *1890 : ''Le Régiment'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Mary *1890 : ''Prix de Beauté'', comedy-ballet in 3 acts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Jonathan
Léon Jonathan was a 19th-century French playwright and chansonnier. Biography His plays were presented at the Théâtre Beaumarchais and the Théâtre du Château-d'Eau. He met great success with his plays ''Pierre Vaux, l'instituteur'' ''Revue d'art dramatique'', vol.31-32, 1884, (p. 365) and ''Carnot'', a 5-act drama given on the stage of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu in 1884. Then no further mention of him is known. It is possible, judging by the contentious parts of his plays that the name was a non yet elucidated pseudonym. Works *1880 ''Le Ménétrier de Meudon'', opéra comique in 3 acts, with Gaston Marot, music by Germain Laurens *1881: ''La Convention nationale'', drama in 6 acts and 8 tableaux *1882: ''Pierre Vaux, l'instituteur'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Louis Péricaud *1884: ''Déjeuner du jour de l'an'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Desmarest *1884: ''Carnot'', drama in 5 acts, with Henri Blondeau Henri Marie Gabriel Blondeau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Blondelet
Charles Blondelet, full name Désiré Jacques François Blondelet, (4 November 1820 – 2 December 1888.Archives des Hauts de Seine, commune de Courbevoie, acte de décès n°374, year 1888 (accessdate 29 April 2015)) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and chansonnier. He performed at the Théâtre des Variétés from 1858 to 1888. Works *1858: ''La-i-tou et Tralala'' in collaboration with Michel Bordet, folie-vaudeville in 1 act ; Dechaume *1859: ''Ah, il a des bottes, Bastien'', vaudeville in 1 act ; Librairie Théâtrale *1859: ''Le diable au corps'', féérie-vaudeville in 1 act ; Librairie Théâtrale *1868: ''Le beau Paris'', in collaboration with Félix Baumaine, saynete-bouffe set in music by Léon Roques ; Egrot *1868: ''Deux auteurs incompris'', opérette bouffe in 1 act set in music by Félix Jouffroy ; Librairie Théâtrale *1879: ''L'assommoir procédé d'une conférence sur l'Assommoir'', ambiguë parodie in 1 act in collaboration with Félix Bauma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Siraudin
Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mainly comedies and vaudevilles written in collaboration, notably with Alfred Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust. He also authored librettos for successful operettas and opéras-comiques, including ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (1872) in collaboration with Clairville and Victor Koning with music by Charles Lecocq. In 1860, Siraudin opened a confectionery shop — the Maison Siraudin — at the corner of the Rue de la Paix and the Place Vendôme. Siraudin's sweets were "renowned all the world over"; for example, Siraudin's ''Perles des Pyrénées'' ("Pearls of the Pyrenees"), consisting of perfumed sugar, are mentioned in Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel ''À rebours'' (1884). Works * 1842: ''La Vendetta'' with Dumanoir, Théâtre des Variétés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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