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Marie-Thérèse Laruette
Marie-Thérèse Laruette (1744 –1837) was a French opera singer and playwright from Paris. She was a member of the troupe of the Comédie-Italienne, with which the Opéra-Comique was merged in 1762. Biography She was born Marie-Thérèse Vilette, the daughter of a master Parisian tailor who lived in Paris near the Opera and the Comédie-Italienne theaters. After noticing that his daughter was "addicted to the theater", her father took steps to make sure she acquired the education she would need to pursue an operatic career. At 14 years of age, Marie-Thérèse sang soprano for the first time at the Opéra-Comique. She made her professional debut at the Paris Opéra in 1758 before moving to the Comédie-Italienne in 1761. There she performed operas by Monsigny and Grétry, in particular '' Le déserteur'', in which she created the leading role of Louise, in 1767. At 17 years of age, she married, Jean-Louis Laruette (1731–1792), who was a singer and a composer in the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Jones (Philidor)
''Tom Jones'' is a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, a kind of opéra comique, by the French composer and chess champion François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris, on 27 February 1765. Its French libretto, by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poisenet and Bertin Davesne, is loosely based on the The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 1749 novel by Henry Fielding. The opera was initially a failure but Philidor had the libretto revised by Michel-Jean Sedaine and this new version, first performed on 30 January 1766, proved one of the most popular ''opéras comiques'' of the late 18th century. It was produced in a number of other countries, and translated into German, Swedish and Russian. Roles Recordings François-André Danican Philidor: ''Tom Jones'', Lausanne Opera and Le Sinfonietta de Lausanne *Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire *Principal singers: Sébastien Droy, Sophie Marin-Degor, Marc Barrard, Sibyl Zanganelli, Carine Séchehaye, Rodolphe Bria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1837 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dickens's '' Oliver Twist'' begins publication in serial form in London. * February 4 – Seminoles attack Fort Foster in Florida. * February 25 – In Philadelphia, the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded, as the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States. * March 1 – The Congregation of Holy Cross is formed in Le Mans, France, by the signing of the Fundamental Act of Union, which legally joins the Auxiliary Priests of Blessed Basil Moreau, CSC, and the Brothers of St. Joseph (founded by Jacques-François Dujarié) into one religious association. * March 4 ** Martin Van Buren is sworn in as the eighth President of the United States. ** The city of Chicago is incorporated. April–June * Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1744 Births
Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The Dagohoy rebellion in the Philippines begins, with the killing of Father Giuseppe Lamberti. * February – Violent storms frustrate a planned French invasion of Britain. * February 22– 23 – Battle of Toulon: The British fleet is defeated by a joint Franco-Spanish fleet. * March 1 (approximately) – The Great Comet of 1744, one of the brightest ever seen, reaches perihelion. * March 13 – The British ship ''Betty'' capsizes and sinks off of the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) near Anomabu. More than 200 people on board die, although there are a few survivors. * March 15 – France declares war on Great Britain. April–June * April – ''The Female Spectator'' (a monthly) is founded by Eliza Haywood in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Operatic Sopranos
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Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (c. 1716 – 19 November 1783) was a French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels. Biography Perronneau was born in Paris. His exact date of birth is unknown, but posthumous accounts suggest that it was around 1716. He began his career as an engraver, apparently studying with Laurent Cars, whose portrait he drew, and working for the entrepreneurial printseller Gabriel Huquier, rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, making his first portraits in oils, and especially in pastels, in the 1740s. His career was much in the shadow of the master of the French pastel portrait, Maurice Quentin de La Tour. In the Salon of 1750, Perronneau exhibited his pastel portrait of Maurice Quentin de la Tour, but found to his dismay that La Tour was exhibiting his own self-portrait, perhaps a malicious confrontation to demonstrate his superiority in the technique. He made his Salon debut with a pastel portrait in 1746 and received full membership in the Académie R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zémire Et Azor
' (''Zémire and Azor'') is an opéra comique, described as a ''comédie-ballet mêlée de chants et de danses'', in four acts by the Belgian composer André Grétry. The French text was by Jean-François Marmontel based on ''La Belle et la bête'' (''Beauty and the Beast'') by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and ''Amour pour amour'' by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée. The opera includes the famous coloratura display piece ''La Fauvette'' in which the soprano imitates birdsong. Performance history It was first performed by the Comédie-Italienne at Fontainebleau on 9 November 1771 and at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris on 16 December 1771. It stayed in the French repertory until at least 1821 and enjoyed worldwide success. It was staged at the court of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1774. It was performed at the Swedish court at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in 1778, and in London at the King's Theatre in 1779. In modern times ''Zémire et Azor'' was performed at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 In Music
Events *March 28 – Mozart returns to Salzburg from a tour of Italy but is back in Milan for the premiere of his opera ''Ascanio in Alba'' on October 17. *Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark. *The Chevalier de Saint-Georges is appointed maestro of the Concert des Amateurs in Paris. *''Probable'' – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf becomes ''Hoffkomponist'' (court composer) to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, at château Jánský Vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník. Classical music *Carl Friedrich Abel **6 Trio Sonatas, WK 86-91 Op. 9 **6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141-146 * Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach **6 Harpsichord Concertos, Wq.43 **''Ich will dem Herrn lobsingen'' *Luigi Boccherini **Cello Sonata in A major, G.4 **6 String Quintets, G.265-270, Op. 10 ** 6 String Quintets Op. 11 (with the famous minuet, No. 5 (G 275)) **Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503 **Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504 **Symphony in C major, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Tableau Parlant
''Le tableau parlant'' (''The Talking Picture'') is an opéra comique, described as a ''comédie-parade'', in one act by André Grétry, The French libretto was by Louis Anseaume. Performance history It was first performed on 20 September 1769 by the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Roles Synopsis In the absence of Isabelle's lover Léandre, Cassandre persuades Isabelle to marry him instead. Cassandre leaves and in the meantime Léandre returns and Isabelle changes her mind. She asks Cassandre's portrait for his agreement to the changed state of affairs, only to find that Cassandre himself is concealed behind the picture. References Further reading * "Tableau parlant, Le" by Michael Fend, in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1769 In Music
Events *Luigi Boccherini goes to Madrid as the court chamber music composer to the Infante Don Luis. *Wenzel Pichl becomes musical director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague *Charles Burney receives an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Oxford. * Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini arrives in Venice. *James Hook is appointed composer to Marylebone Gardens. *December – 13-year-old Mozart embarks on a tour of Italy with his father, beginning in Verona. In Rome he hears Allegri's ''Miserere'' for the first time, returns home and copies it down note for note. Opera * Jean-François Cailhava – '' Les Etrenes de l'amour'' *Christoph Willibald von Gluck – ''Le feste d'Apollo'' *André Grétry **'' Lucile'' **''Le tableau parlant'' *Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny – '' Le déserteur'' *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – ''La finta semplice'' *Josef Mysliveček – ''Demofoonte'' *Giovanni Paisiello **''L’arabo cortese'', R.1.22 **''Don Chisciotte della Mancia'', R.1.21 *Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Huron
''Le Huron'' (''The Huron'') is a French ''opéra comique'' in two acts by André Grétry. The libretto is by Jean-François Marmontel based on the story ''L'Ingénu'' (1767) by Voltaire. It was the composer's first big success with Parisian audiences. Performance history It was first performed on 20 August 1768 by the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. It was revived in 2010 and 2011: * 12 December 2010, Bourgueil Abbey (France), conductor: Julien Dubruque (concert version) * 1 November 2011, Theatre Adyar (Paris, France), conductor: Julien Dubruque; stage director: Henri Dalem Roles Synopsis The story is set in Brittany and concerns a love affair between a local girl and a man raised by the Huron Indians in America. Sources Further reading *''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', by John Warrack John Hamilton Warrack (born 1928, in London) is an English music critic, writer on music, and oboist. Warrack is the son of Scottish conductor and composer Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'école De La Jeunesse
''L'école de la jeunesse ou Le Barnevelt françois'' (''The School of Youth or The French Barnwell'') is an ''opéra comique'' (specifically a ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'') in three acts by the composer Egidio Duni. The libretto, by Louis Anseaume, is based on George Lillo's play ''The London Merchant or The History of George Barnwell'' (1731). The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 24 January 1765. Main roles References ;Notes ;Sources *Original libretto''L'École de la jeunesse, ou Le Barnevelt français, Comédie. En trois Actes et en vers, mêlée d'ariettes'' Paris. Duchesne, 1775 *Original score''L'École de la jeunesse, ou Le Barnevelt françois, Comédie. En trois Actes et en vers'' Paris, Chez l'Auteur & Lyon, Chez Castaud, s.d. via Gallica * *Cook, Elisabeth (1992), "Ecole de la jeunesse, L'" in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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