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Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères
Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères (11 September 1796, Paris – 19 March 1866, Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright and Libretto, librettist. Biography A son of a French colonist of Saint-Domingue, he studied in Paris then joined the army. Lieutenant of infantry, he resigned in 1820 to concentrate on literature. He became Charles X of France, Charles X's lecturer but had to leave the post during the July Revolution. In 1832, he was raised to the position of sous-préfet of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, then prefect of Ariège (department), Ariège (1835), Aveyron (1837), Haute-Saône (1839) and Cher (department), Cher (1847–1848). His plays, many of which he wrote with Eugène Scribe, were performed on the most important stages of the Parisian theatre of the 19th century: Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, Théâtre de Madame, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre du Vaudeville, etc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portraits D'écrivains Et Hommes De Lettres De La Seconde Moitié Du XIXe Siècle, 15, Mazères
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Benoît Picard
Louis-Benoît Picard (29 July 1769 in Paris – 31 December 1828 in Paris) was a French playwright, actor, novelist, poet and music director.Jean Gourret, '' Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra'', 1984, p. 106-107. Biography Son of a lawyer, and nephew of a doctor, Picard refused to follow the careers of law and medicine, and dedicated himself to the theater encouraged by his friend François Andrieux. He first became an actor before producing his first play, ''Le Badinage dangereux'', in 1789. Picard worked with the Comédiens-Italiens. In 1807 Picard was received by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre when he was elected to the Académie française. Before he became the head of the Odéon-Théâtre in 1816, he directed the Académie Impériale de Musique. He was at Odéon-Théâtre until 1821. In the painting ''Louis-Benoît Picard and his family'', Pauline Auzou depicts Picard with his wife Victoria Longchamps (far right), his brother and sisters Latour and Adele Picard and Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dezobry
Louis Charles Dezobry (4 March 1798 – 16 August 1871) was a 19th-century French historian and historical novelist, born at St-Denis. Works * ''Rome au siècle d'Auguste, ou Voyage d'un Gaulois à Rome à l'époque du règne d'Auguste et pendant une partie du règne de Tibère'' (1835) * ''La Mauvaise récolte, ou les Suites de l'ignorance'' (1847) * ''L'Histoire en peinture, ou Épisodes historiques propres à être traduits en tableaux. Histoire romaine. Tableaux d'histoire, passages historiques, tableaux de genre'' (1848) * ''Dictionnaire général de biographie et d'histoire, de mythologie, de géographie ancienne et moderne comparée, des antiquités et des institutions grecques, romaines françaises et étrangères'', with Théodore Bachelet (1863) * ''Référence:Dictionnaire général des lettres, des beaux-arts et des sciences morales et politiques (Bachelet et Dezobry), Dictionnaire général des lettres, des beaux-arts et des sciences morales et politiques'', e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordre National De La Légion D'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was originally established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, and it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François Lecointre, who succeeded fellow retired General Benoît Puga in office. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe-Simonis Empis
Adolphe-Dominique Florent Joseph Simonis, known as Empis, (29 March 1795, Paris – 11 December 1868, Paris) was a French dramatist. Biography After studying at the lycée Impérial, Empis became master clerk in a notary's office. It was in this capacity that he happened to be at the home of the composer Spontini, who lived in Paris at that time. In search of inspiration, the musicien consulted Empis and declared himself charmed by his advice. Thus encouraged to launch himself down a new path, Empis wrote two booklets in collaboration, of which the second, ''Vendôme en Espagne'', was set to music in 1823 by Herold and Auber. The following year, Empis began to write for the theatre and at the same time set forth on an administrative career, becoming at various times the secretary to the royal libraries, inspector of the crown house governing service, and ultimately head of the first division to the ministry of the royal house. His dramas and comedies made him worthy of electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-François Ancelot
Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot (9 January 1794 – 7 September 1854) was a French dramatist and litterateur. Biography Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the July Revolution, Revolution of 1830. In 1816 his play ''Warwick'' was accepted by the Théâtre Français, but never produced, and three years later a five-act tragedy, ''Louis IX'', was staged. Three editions of the play were speedily exhausted; it had a run of fifty representations, and brought him a pension of 2000 francs from Louis XVIII of France, Louis XVIII. His next work, ''Le Maire du palais'', was played in 1825 with less success; but for it he received the cross of the Légion d'honneur. In 1824 he produced ''Fiesque'', a clever adaptation of Friedrich Schiller, Schiller's ''Fiesco (novel), Fiesco''. In 1828 appeared ''Olga, ou l'orpheline russe'', the plot of which had been inspired by a voyage he made to Russia in 1826. About the same per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epilogue
An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος ''epílogos'', "conclusion" from ἐπί ''epi'', "in addition" and λόγος ''logos'', "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. It is presented from the perspective of within the story. When the author steps in and speaks directly to the reader, that is more properly considered an afterword. The opposite is a prologue—a piece of writing at the ''beginning'' of a work of literature or drama, usually used to open the story and capture interest. Some genres, for example television programs and video games, call the epilogue an "outro" patterned on the use of "intro" for "introduction". Epilogues are usually set in the future, after the main story is completed. Within some genres it can be used to hint at the next installment in a series of work. It is also used to satisfy the reader's curiosity and to cover any loose ends of the story. History of the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prologue
A prologue or prolog (from Ancient Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. The Ancient Greek word πρόλογος includes the modern meaning of ''prologue'', but was of wider significance, more like the meaning of preface. The importance, therefore, of the prologue in Greek tragedy#Structure, Greek drama was very great; it sometimes almost took the place of a romance, to which, or to an episode in which, the play itself succeeded. Latin On the Latin stage the prologue was often more elaborate than it was in Athens, and in the careful composition of the poems which Plautus prefixes to his plays we see what importance he gave to this portion of the entertainment; sometimes, as in the preface to the ''Rudens'', Plautus rises to the height of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Bertin
Louise-Angélique Bertin (; 15 January 1805 – 26 April 1877) was a French composer and poet.Hugh Macdonald, "Bertin, Louise", in: ''Grove Music Online'Oxford Music Online(subscription required) (accessed 30 December 2010). Life and music Bertin was born in Les Roches, Essonne, France. Her father, Louis-François Bertin, and also later her brother, were the editors of '' Journal des débats'', an influential newspaper. As encouraged by her family, Bertin pursued music. She received lessons from François-Joseph Fétis, who directed a private family performance of ''Guy Mannering'', Bertin's first opera, in 1825. This opera, never formally produced, took its storyline from the book of the same name by Sir Walter Scott. Two years later, Bertin's second opera, '' Le loup-garou'', was produced at the Opéra-Comique. At age 21, Bertin began working on the opera semiseria '' Fausto'' to her own libretto in Italian, based on Goethe's '' Faust'', a subject "almost certainly sugge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne),M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Richard Langham Smith"Opéra comique" ''Grove Music Online''. Oxford Music Online. 19 November 2009 which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre Opéra-Comique, of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow; ''Carmen'', perhaps the most famous ''opéra comique'', is a tragedy. Use of the term The term ''opéra comique'' is complex in meaning and cannot simply be translated as "comic opera". The genre originated in the early 18th century with humorous and satirical plays performed at the theatres of the Paris fairs which contained songs (''Vaudeville (song), vaudevilles''), with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Loup-garou
''Le loup-garou'' (''The Werewolf'') is a 19th-century opéra comique in one act in French with music by Louise Bertin and a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères. The work is a comedy inspired by the fairy tale of "Beauty and the Beast". It was first performed on March 10, 1827 by the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The opera was the second of Bertin's four operas and the first to be performed publicly. Scribe was a prolific writer, working on over one-hundred operas, most notably collaborating with Daniel Auber on thirty-nine operas. Synopsis In a village in Burgundy in the 15th century, Alice's guardian Raimbaud has arranged for her to marry the falconer Bertrand. Raimbaud works for the Comte Albéric, who has been exiled by the king until he finds a woman who loves him for himself and not his title and wealth. Alice confides to her friend Catherine that she does not love Bertrand but instead loves a stranger, who saved her from drowning in the woods. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sauvage
Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage (; 1794 - May 1877) was a French dramatist, theatre director and critic. He collaborated with Adolphe Adam (an ''opéra comique'' in two acts '' Le Toréador'', 1849), Albert Grisar (''Gilles ravisseur'', 1838; ''L'Eau merveilleuse'', 1839; ''Les Porcherons'', 1850), François Bazin (''Madelon'', 1852), Napoléon Henri Reber (''Le Père Gaillard'', 1852) and Ambroise Thomas (''Angélique et Médor'', 1843; an opéra bouffon or opéra bouffe '' Le Caïd'', 1849; ''La Tonelli'', 1853; ''Le Carnaval de Venise'', 1857; ''Gilles et Gillotin'', 1874). He was managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1827 to 1828. Bibliography *Christian Goubault, « Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage » in Joël-Marie Fauquet (dir.), ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIX siècle'', Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
