This French composer

Daniel François Esprit Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when ...

(1782–1871) is best known for his

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

s, including 31 opéras comiques, 7

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s, 3 drames lyriques, and one each of works designated as comédie, comédie mêlée de chant,

intermède Intermède (also intermédie, intramède, entremets) is a French term for a musical or theatrical performance involving song and dance, also an 18th-century opera genre. The context in which the 'intermède' was performed has changed over time. ...

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, opéra historique, scène lyrique and scène-prologue. All were premiered in Paris, except ''Jean de Couvain'', which was premiered in Chimay (now in Belgium), and ''La fête de Versailles'', which was premiered in

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List of operas

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Sources

* Pitou, Spire (1990). ''The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914''. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. . * Schneider, Herbert (1992). "Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit" in ''

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'', ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. . * Walsh, T. J. (1981). ''Second Empire Opera: The Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, 1851–1870''. London: John Calder. . * Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972''. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. . Some of the information in this article was originally taken from the Dutch Wikipedia article.

External links

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"Catalogue des oeuvres"
list of works, Musicologie.org, accessed 30 October 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Auber, Daniel Lists of operas by composer Lists of compositions by composer