Comtesse Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (Anais Marcelli; born Anne Laure Joséphine Hure; 1809 – December 1878) was a

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composer noted for theatrical works who often used the pseudonym "Anais Marcelli." She usually wrote her own

libretti 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. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

, and had a theatre built in her home to produce opera. She died in

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Works

Selected works include: *''Jaloux de soi'' 1873

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 s ...

*''Le sorcier'' 1866 operetta *''Le talon d'Achille'' 1875 operetta *''Les vacances de l'Amour'' 1867

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

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