Félix Galipaux-Le comte de Luxembourg-1912

The Apollo is a former French

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venue located at 20 rue de Clichy in the

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History

The Apollo Theatre had a removable stage (now destroyed) called ''basculo'' conceived by the engineer Félix Léon Edoux. In 1909 the Czech conductor and composer,

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, was artistic director and head of the symphony orchestra of the Apollo. The actress Jane Marnac, her husband Keith Trevor, and Camille Wyn directed the Apollo in 1929 and 1930. ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...

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Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; hu, Lehár Ferenc ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is ''The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life ...

) and ''Rêve de Valse'' ( Oscar Straus) were premiered in the theatre. In addition,

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...

, Argentinian

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singer, made his Parisian debut here.Cadicamo, Enrique, ''Historia del tango en Paris'', Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 1975

Repertoire

* 1913 : ''La Jeunesse dorée'',

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by Henri Verne, music

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André Lefaur André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry. Partial filmography * ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911) * ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913) * ''Ainsi v ...

* 1914 : ''La Fille de Figaro'' by

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and Hugues Delorme, music

Xavier Leroux Xavier Henry Napoleón Leroux (11 October 1863 – 2 February 1919) was a French composer and a teacher at the Paris Conservatory. He was married to the famous soprano Meyrianne Héglon (1867–1942). Life Born in Italy at Velletri, 30 k ...

, with Jane Marnac * 1918 : ''La Reine joyeuse'' (new title of ''La Reine s'amuse''), operetta by

André Barde André Barde was the pseudonym of André Bourdonneau (July 1874, Meudon – October 1945, Paris), a French writer best known for his libretti for operettas. He was active from 1899-1936. He frequently collaborated with Charles Cuvillier Char ...

, music

Charles Cuvillier Charles Cuvillier (24 April 1877 – 14 February 1955) was a French composer of operetta. He won his greatest successes with the operettas ''La reine s'amuse'' (1912, played as ''The Naughty Princess'' in London) and with ''The Lilac Domino'', wh ...

, with Jane Marnac * 1925 : ''Bouche à bouche'', operetta by

Maurice Yvain Maurice Yvain (12 February 1891 – 27 July 1965) was a French composer noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s, ...

, libretto by

, with Georges Milton * 1929 : ''Le Procès de Mary Dugan'' by

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, adaptation Henry Torrès and Horace de Carbuccia, with

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* 1929 : ''Dans la rue'', after ''Street Scene'' by

Elmer Rice Elmer Rice (born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein, September 28, 1892 – May 8, 1967) was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays ''The Adding Machine'' (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, '' Street Sce ...

, adaptation

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, with

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 189 ...

* 1929 : ''Shangaï'' de

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after

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, with Jane Marnac * 1930 : ''Au temps des valses'' de

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, adaptation Saint-Granier, with Jane Marnac * 1932 : ''Hector'' by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

* 1932 : ''Papavert'' by Chas.k.Gordon and Loic le Gouriadec after the work by George Froeschel * 1943 : ''La Dame de minuit'' by

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, directed by

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* 1944 : ''Mademoiselle Antoinette'' by

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* 1945 : ''L'Autre Aventure'' by Marcel Haedrich, directed by

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* 1946 : ''La Nuit du 16 janvier'' by

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, directed by

Jacques Baumer Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 - 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian. Filmography * 1932: ' by Georges Lacombe * 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride * 1936: ' by Max Glass and Marco de Gastyne ...

* 1946 : ''Un homme sans amour'' by

Paul Vialar Paul Vilar (18 September 1898 – 8 January 1996) was a French author and writer of novels, tales and essays. In 1960, he wrote the lyrics for the song ''Les Étangs de Sologne'' with the music by Henri Betti which was sung the same year by Jean ...

, directed by

Fernand Ledoux Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his ca ...

, with

Jean Chevrier Jean Chevrier (25 April 1915 – 13 December 1975) was a French film actor and member of the Comédie-Française. He appeared in 50 films between 1936 and 1972. He was married to actress Marie Bell. At the end of his life, he was known as J ...

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* 1946 : ''Un amour fou'' de

, with

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and Nine Assia * 1952 : ''Monsieur de Panama'' by

* 1956 : ''Oncle Job'' by

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and

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* 1956 : ''

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, adaptation Paul Achard, directed by

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* 1957 : ''La Corniflorette'' by André Ransan, directed by Jean-Jacques Daubin * 1958 : '' Le Bossu'' after

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, adaptation Guy Haurey, directed by

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* 1958 : ''Prométhée 48'' by

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References

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