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L'étoile (opera)
''L'étoile'' is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with a libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Chabrier met his librettists at the home of a mutual friend, the painter Gaston Hirsh, in 1875. Chabrier played to them early versions of the romance "O petite étoile" and the ensemble "Le pal, est de tous les supplices..." (with words by Verlaine which Leterrier and Vanloo found too bold and toned down). They agreed to collaborate and Chabrier set about composition with enthusiasm. The story echoes some of the characters and situations of Chabrier's ''Fisch-Ton-Kan''.Delage, pp. ?? Performance history ''L'étoile'' premiered on 28 November 1877 at Offenbach's '' Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens''. In its initial run the modest orchestra was appalled at the difficulty of Chabrier’s score, which was much more sophisticated than anything Offenbach wrote for the small boulevard theatre. It was first performed outside France in Berlin on 4 October 1878, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra Bouffe
Opéra bouffe (, plural: ''opéras bouffes'') is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name. Opéras bouffes are known for elements of comedy, satire, parody and farce. The most famous examples are ''La belle Hélène'', '' Barbe-bleue'' (''Bluebeard''), '' La Vie parisienne'', ''La Périchole'' and ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The s ...''. Sources * Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.: "Opéra bouffe" Stanley Sadie (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (London, 1992). {{DEFAULTSORT:Opera Bouffe Opera genres Opera terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wolff (conductor)
Albert Louis Wolff (19 January 1884 – 20 February 1970) was a French conductor and composer of Dutch descent. Most of his career was spent in European venues, with the exception of two years that he spent as a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and a few years in Buenos Aires during the Second World War. He is most known for holding the position of principal conductor with the Opéra-Comique in Paris for several years. He was married to the French mezzo-soprano Simone Ballard. Biography Early life and education Wolff was born in Paris, of Dutch parents, though he was a French citizen from birth, never lived in the Netherlands, and never had a Dutch passport. When only 12 years old, he began his musical education at the Paris Conservatoire. There, he studied with such teachers as André Gedalge, Xavier Leroux, and Paul Antonin Vidal. At the same time he played the piano in cabarets and was organist at the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris) for four years. Upon graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opera North
Opera North is an English opera company based in Leeds. The company's home theatre is the Leeds Grand Theatre, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. The company's orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, regularly performs and records in its own right. Operas are performed either in English translation or in the original language of the libretto, in the latter case usually with surtitles. The major funders of Opera North include Arts Council England and, in Yorkshire, Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Grants, North Yorkshire County Council, and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. History Opera North was established in 1977 as English National Opera North, as an offshoot of English National Opera, with the specific intention of delivering high-quality opera to the northern areas of England which, up to that point, had had no permanently established oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra National De Lyon
The Opéra National de Lyon, marketed as Opéra de Lyon during the last decade, is an opera company in Lyon, based and performing mostly at the Opéra Nouvel, an 1831 theater that was modernized and architecturally transformed in 1993. The inaugural performance of François-Adrien Boïeldieu's ''La Dame blanche'' was given on 1 July 1831. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries saw some significant French premieres of major operas including Richard Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger'' in 1896, Giordano's '' Andrea Chénier'' in the following year, and Moussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'' in 1913. In addition, many world premieres such as Arnold Schoenberg's ''Erwartung'' (1967) have been presented. In the years after the 1969 appointment of Louis Erlo as general director, many innovative productions and premieres of both French operas and Twentieth Century operas have been staged. Two significant French artists who have been associated with the Opéra in recent years are the stage director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Life and career Born in Fontmell Magna, Dorset, son of Rolf Gardiner and Marabel Hodgkin, Gardiner's early musical experience came largely through singing with his family and in a local church choir. As a child he grew up with the celebrated Haussmann portrait of J. S. Bach, which had been lent to his parents for safe keeping during the Second World War. A self-taught musician who also played the violin, he began to study conducting at the age of 15. He was educated at Bryanston School, then studied history at King's College, Cambridge, where his tutor was the social anthropologist Edmund Leach."John Eliot Gardiner", in ''Contemporary Musicians'' (1999), Detroit: Gale While an undergraduate at Cambridge he launched his career as a conductor with a performance of Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi, in King's College Chapel on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Sénéchal
Michel Sénéchal (11 February 1927 – 1 April 2018) was a French tenor, particularly associated with French and Italian character roles in a repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary works. Life and career Michel Sénéchal was born in Paris and sang as a child in a church choir in Taverny. He made his vocal studies at the Paris Conservatory, and made his debut at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1950, where he would remain until 1952. Upon his return in France he made his debut in Paris, at the Paris Opéra and the Opéra-Comique, where he sang the lead tenor roles in opera such as ''La dame blanche'', ''Les Indes galantes'', ''Il matrimonio segreto'', ''The Barber of Seville'', ''Le comte Ory'', etc. He sang at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in Rameau's ''Platée'' for his debut there in 1956. He also appeared at the Vienna State Opera, the festivals of Salzburg and Glyndebourne, in Mozart roles such as Ottavio and Tamino. Sénéchal also appeared regularly in operettas, especi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Alliot-Lugaz
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (born 20 July 1947) is a French soprano, particularly associated with Mozart. Career Born in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, she began her musical studies in Bonneville (Haute Savoie), and later in Geneva, with Magda Fonay-Besson. She completed her training at the Paris Opéra-Studio with René Koster and Vera Rosza. She made her stage debut as Pamina, in a production of ''The Magic Flute'' by the Opéra-Studio, in 1976. Although Mozart would always remain at the core of her repertoire (Le nozze di Figaro, Susanna, Don Giovanni, Zerlina), she gradually included roles such as Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rosina, Der Freischütz, Annchen, Véronique (operetta), Véronique, as well as many roles in opera by Monteverdi, Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Charpentier and Haydn. She joined the Opéra National de Lyon, where she sang a memorable Pelléas et Mélisande (opera), Mélisande in 1980. She also appeared at the Palais Garnier, Paris Opéra, La Monnaie in Brussels, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Désormière
Roger Désormière () (13 September 1898 – 25 October 1963) was a French conductor. He was an enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, but also conducted performances of early eighteenth century French music. Life and career Désormière was born in Vichy in 1898. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his professors included Philippe Gaubert (flute), Xavier Leroux and Charles Koechlin (composition), and Vincent d'Indy (conducting). In 1922 he won the Prix Blumenthal and in 1923 became part of the Ecole d’Arcueil. Désormière's early conducting experience was largely with the Ballets suédois and Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He was conductor of the Ballets suédois's premiere of '' Relâche'' (1924), a film and music presentation by Francis Picabia and Erik Satie, with the film segment, ''Entr'acte'', directed by René Clair. He then worked for the Diaghilev company from 1925 until the impresario's death, conducting the premieres of ''Barabau'' by Vittorio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Balbon
André Balbon was a French bass opera singer, born in Paris, on 4 June 1902 and dead in Alicante (Spain), on 30 March 1984. He was principally active in France in character roles. Life and career In 1924 he appeared in ''Les Burgraves'' by Léo Sachs at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, before working in the French provinces for several years. Balbon made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 1 November 1928 as un Officier in ''Lorenzaccio'' by Moret. From then until the 1940s he was a regular member of the Opéra-Comique company with an extensive repertoire. He sang in the Paris premieres of ''Bourgeois de Falaise'' by Thiriet (Sottencourt), ''Comme ils s'aiment'' by Lavagne (Lustrac), ''Esther de Carpentras'' by Milhaud (Cacan), ''Fou de la Dame'' by Delannoy (Cavalier noir), ''Frasquita'' by Lehar (Aristide), ''Georges Dandin'' by d’Ollone (Sottenville), ''Nuit Embaumée'' by Hirschmann (Ali), ''Mon Oncle Benjamin'' by Bousquet (Pontcassé), ''Rayon de Soieries'' by R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillie Grandval
Lillie Grandval (Frankfurt, 20 December 1904 – 21 August 2000)Kutsch, K. J. and Riemens, Leo (2003). ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (fourth edition, in German). Munich: K. G. Saur, p. 1808. . was a French soprano, active in opera and operetta for over 30 years, and described as "One of the most popular French singers of her generation".Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des Cantatrices de l'Opéra.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987. Life and career Born Lillie Millot, she studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Thomas Salignac, and sang in music-hall and took part in the Lyon premiere of '' Le Tzaréwitch'' (Sonia) in 1929. She made her debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 15 December 1932 in ''Le pré aux clercs'' (Marguerite de Valois). With the company she went on to sing (Isabelle) in the same opera, the title role in ''Manon'', ''Mignon'' (Philine), the title roles in ''Mireille'', ''Phryné'' and ''Louise'', Carmen (Micaela), ''La Traviata'' (Violetta), ''Le Barbier de Séville'' (Rosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Hérent
René Hérent (born Cambrai 16 May 1897, died Paris January 1966) was a French tenor whose career was centred on the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he played supporting roles for many years, and left several recordings.Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. René Hérent. In : ''Unvergängliche Stimmen: Sängerlexikon.'' Francke Verlag, Bern and Munchen, 1982. Life and career Hérent made his debut on 17 August 1918 as Guillot de Morfontaine in Massenet's ''Manon''. At the Opéra-Comique he created many roles, either in Paris or world premieres, including Mercure in ''Amphytrion 38'', the dancing master in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', Un valet in ''Don Quichotte'', le vieillard and la rainette in ''L'enfant et les sortilèges'', Mémucan-Aman in ''Esther de Carpentras'', Ouf 1er in '' L'étoile'', Prince de Chabran in ''Femme nue'', Vašek in '' La fiancée vendue'', Galipot in ''Frasquita'', Lubin in ''Georges Dandin'', Betto in ''Gianni Schicchi'', Mouzzafer in ''Le Hulla'', Madame Poiretapée in ''Mes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanély Revoil
Fanély Revoil, born Marseille 25 September 1906, died Annonay 31 January 1999, was a French singer who had a major career in opera and operetta between the 1930s and 1989.’L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940)’ (http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm), accessed 22.03.10. She was married to theater director Robert Ancelin from 1937 to 1942. Career After starting work as a secretary Revoil followed courses in singing and acting at the Marseille Conservatoire, making her debut in Montpellier in 1928 in ''Gillette de Narbonne'' (which also marked her farewell to the stage in 1957), then appeared in Mulhouse in '' Comtesse Maritza'', before joining the company in Le Havre, singing in operettas from both the Paris and Vienna traditions (including the French premiere of ''Frasquita''), as well as in '' Carmen''.Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des cantatrices de l'Opera de Paris.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987. In 1933, she made her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
