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Mily-Meyer
Émilie Mily Meyer, stage name 'Mily-Meyer' was a French soprano, born 1852 in Paris, died there in 1927, who for a quarter of a century became a major star of the Parisian operetta stage, and is described by Gänzl as "impishly boyish yet obviously feminine soubrette".Gänzl, K. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Career Her professional début was at the Eldorado café-concert; she then went to the Théâtre de la Renaissance and appeared as the young duchess in the premiere of ''Le petit duc'' on 25 January 1878. Creations in '' La Camargo'' (1878), ''Petite Mademoiselle'' (1879) and ''Belle Lurette'' (1880) swiftly followed. Mily-Meyer appeared at the Théâtre des Nouveautés as Kate in the French premiere of '' Rip'' and at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens as Bianca in the first run of '' La Béarnaise'' in 1885. Also at Théâtre des Variétés was ''La princesse de Trébizonde'', while at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques she was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mily-Meyer As Miss Lenormand
Émilie Mily Meyer, stage name 'Mily-Meyer' was a French soprano, born 1852 in Paris, died there in 1927, who for a quarter of a century became a major star of the Parisian operetta stage, and is described by Gänzl as "impishly boyish yet obviously feminine soubrette".Gänzl, K. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Career Her professional début was at the Eldorado café-concert; she then went to the Théâtre de la Renaissance and appeared as the young duchess in the premiere of ''Le petit duc'' on 25 January 1878. Creations in ''La Camargo (opera), La Camargo'' (1878), ''Petite Mademoiselle'' (1879) and ''Belle Lurette'' (1880) swiftly followed. Mily-Meyer appeared at the Théâtre des Nouveautés as Kate in the French premiere of ''Rip Van Winkle (operetta), Rip'' and at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens as Bianca in the first run of ''La Béarnaise'' in 1885. Also at Théâtre des Variétés was ''La princesse de Trébizonde'', while at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Camargo (opera)
''La Camargo'' is a 3-act opéra comique with music by Charles Lecocq and words by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. It is a highly fictionalised story of two historical 18th-century characters, the dancer Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, La Camargo and the bandit Louis Mandrin. The opera was first produced at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris in 1878, and ran for 98 performances. Background Lecocq had written four operas for the Théâtre de la Renaissance between 1875 and 1878. The most successful of these, ''Le petit duc'', had run for 301 performances.Noël and Stoullig (1878), p. 412 ''La Camargo'' was commissioned to succeed it. Lecocq had worked with numerous librettists since his first big success, ''Fleur-de-Thé'', ten years earlier. For the new piece his collaborators were the experienced team of Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo, with whom he had worked on the highly successful ''Giroflé-Girofla'' (1874), ''La petite mariée'' (1875) and the fairly successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Petit Duc
''Le petit duc'' (''The little duke'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq. The French language, French libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Performance history The opera was first presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris, on 25 January 1878 and revived there in the 1879, 1881 and 1883 seasons with Granier. The first run – 301 performances – confirmed the stardom of Jeanne Granier and was a major financial success for the theatre, which took 6,000 francs a night. It was staged again in Paris at the Théâtre Eden in 1888 (with Granier and Dupuis), the Bouffes-Parisiens in 1897 and the Théâtre des Variétés in 1904. It continued to be seen regularly in France up to the Second World War. It was first performed in London on 27 April 1878, and then in 1881 Granier, Mily-Meyer, Alexandre, Jolly and Desclauzas appeared in a production. Its popularity was such that 1878 also saw premieres in Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Brussels, Amsterdam, St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
