Giovanni Maria Josse (Tolosa, 13 February 1815 - 12 June 1884) was an Italian composer and conductor. Better known by his French name Jean-Marie Josse while active in Paris during the 1840s and 1850s, at the end of his life he returned to Italy to stage his first opera.
Works
*''L'ermite, ou la tentation'', oratorio fantastique en quatre parties Paris, 25 August 1848.
*''Le talisman'', Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique-Favart Paris 12 July 1850
*''La lega'', opera after ''
Henri III et sa cour'' by
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...
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La Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
, Milan 25 January 1876
[The Musical World - Volume 54 - Page 132 1876
Josse's opera, La Lega, at the Scala, has created, at the best, a succes d'estime. Sig. Josse is no longer young, and, judging from his first essay on the lyric stage, I do not fancy he has much chance of distinction. The book, founded upon the elder Dumas' Henri III. et sa Cour, has an exciting plot, and offers some good situations. But the composer has not been happy. He is deficient in originality, and, to atone for this, he borrows from all sources.... Notwithstanding it has been much curtailed, La Lega was more coldly received than on the first performance. Sig. Gayarre and Signora Valleria, however, still distinguish themselves.]
References
1815 births
1884 deaths
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