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Albert Vanloo
Albert Vanloo (; Brussels, 10 September 1846 – 1920, Paris) was a Belgian librettist and playwright. Vanloo lived in Paris as a child and was attracted to the theatre. As a young student he began writing plays and opéra comique libretti, notably with Eugène Leterrier who remained his main collaborator until the latter's death in 1884. He also worked with the writers William Busnach, Henri Chivot and Georges Duval. Libretti For Alexandre Charles Lecocq * ''Giroflé-Girofla'' (1874) - with Eugène Letterier * '' La petite mariée'' (1875) - with Letterier * '' La Marjolaine'' (1877) - with Letterier * ''La Camargo'' (1879) - with Letterier * ''La jolie persane'' (1879) - with Letterier * '' Le jour et la nuit'' (1881) - with Letterier * '' Ali-Baba'' (1887) - with William Busnach * '' La belle au bois dormant'' (1900) - with Georges Duval For Jacques Offenbach * ''Le voyage dans la lune'' (1875) - with Leterrier and A Mortier * ''Mam'zelle Moucheron'' (1881) - with Leterr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanloo
Van Loo is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from the forest clearing". People with this surname include: ;A family of painters : *Jacob van Loo (1614–1670), Dutch painter *Louis-Abraham van Loo (1653-1712), Dutch-born French painter, son of Jacob *Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745), French painter, son of Louis-Abraham *Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765), French painter, brother of Jean-Baptiste *Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste *Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste ;Others : *Albert Vanloo (1841–1920), Belgian librettist and playwright *Anthony Van Loo (born 1988), Belgian footballer *Brian van Loo (born 1975), Dutch football goalkeeper *Christine Van Loo, American aerialist and acrobat *Leon Van Loo (1841–1907), Belgian-born American photographer and art promoter {{surname, Van Loo Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali-Baba
''Ali-Baba'' is an opéra comique in three acts, first produced in 1887, with music by Charles Lecocq. The French libretto based on the familiar tale from the Arabian Nights was by Albert Vanloo and William Busnach. After some initial success the work faded from the repertoire. Performance history Ali Baba was a popular subject for operas ( Cherubini, 1833, Bottesini, 1871), pantomimes and extravaganzas in Paris and London during the nineteenth century.Gänzl K. Ali Baba – in ''The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994. Both librettists were experienced in opéra-bouffe and had previously worked with Lecocq, Busnach from 1866 with ''Myosotis'', Vanloo starting in 1874 with ''Giroflé-Girofla''; the two men had met in 1868 when Vanloo had submitted an opéra-bouffe for consideration to Busnach who was at the time the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée.Opéra-Comique Dossier Pédagogique: Ali-Baba (Anne Le Nabour (2013) Originally intended for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Grove Dictionary Of Opera
''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes. First published in 1992 by Macmillan Reference, London, it was edited by Stanley Sadie with contributions from over 1,300 scholars. There are 11,000 articles in total, covering over 2,900 composers and 1800 operas. Appendices including an index of role names and an index of incipits of arias, ensembles, and opera pieces. The dictionary is available online, together with ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''. References *William Salaman, "Review: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ''British Journal of Music Education'' (1999), 16: 97-110 Cambridge University Pres*John Simon, "Review: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 vols.", ''National Review'', April 26, 199* * *Charles Rosen, "Review: The New Grove Dictionary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véronique (operetta)
''Véronique'' is an opéra comique in three acts with music by André Messager and words by Georges Duval and Albert Vanloo. The opera, set in 1840 Paris, depicts a dashing but irresponsible aristocrat with complicated romantic affairs, eventually paired with the resourceful heroine. ''Véronique'' is Messager’s most enduring operatic work. After its successful premiere in Paris in 1898, it was produced across continental Europe, Britain, the US and Australia. It remains part of the operatic repertoire in France. Background and first production After a fallow period in the mid-1890s, Messager had an international success with '' Les p'tites Michu'' (1897). In 1898 his improved fortunes continued when he was appointed musical director of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. His work as a conductor left him little time for composition, and ''Véronique'' was his last stage work for seven years, despite its being his most successful work thus far.Wagstaff, John and Andrew Lamb"Message ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les P'tites Michu
''Les p'tites Michu'' (The Little Michus) is an opérette in three acts, with music by André Messager and words by Albert Vanloo and Georges Duval (journalist), Georges Duval. The piece is set in Paris in the years following the French Revolution and depicts the complications ensuing after the identities of two girls become confused in their infancy. The opera opened at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 16 November 1897 and ran for more than 150 performances. It became an international success, with productions in four continents, including an unusually long run of 400 performances in London, and had subsequent revivals in Paris. Background and first production After a considerable success in 1890 with his opéra comique ''La Basoche'' Messager had a series of failures later in the decade. Among these, ''Madame Chrysanthème (opera), Madame Chrysanthème'' (1893) played for 16 performances in Paris, ''Mirette (opera), Mirette'' (1894), written for London, had a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Béarnaise
La Béarnaise is an opéra comique in three acts of 1885, with music by André Messager and a French language, French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Wagstaff J. André Messager. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. History The success of ''La fauvette du temple'' in early 1885 began to open doors for Messager. Delphine Ugalde, who had just taken over the direction of the Bouffes-Parisiens, staged as her first production ''La Béarnaise''. When the stage rehearsals began, the principal singer was found to be unable to sustain the lead role. At first it was thought that Ugalde's daughter Marguerite Ugalde, Marguerite would take over, but the director then approached Jeanne Granier, who, after only having heard a play-through of the first act, took on the double part of Jacquette-Jacquet. Coming out of semi-retirement, Granier made the success of the piece. ''La Béarnaise'' was first performed at the Bouffes-Parisiens on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Messager
André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet '' Les Deux Pigeons'' (1886) and opéra comique '' Véronique'' (1898) have had lasting success; '' Les P'tites Michu'' (1897) and '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1919) were also popular internationally. Messager took up the piano as a small child and later studied composition with, among others, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of Paris and later London, both as a conductor and a composer. Many of his Parisian works were also produced in the West End and some on Broadway; the most successful had long runs and numerous international revivals. He wrote two operatic works in English, and his later output included musical comedies for Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps. As a conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Audran
Achille Edmond Audran (12 April 184017 August 1901) was a French composer best known for several internationally successful comic operas and operettas. After beginning his career in Marseille as an organist, Audran composed religious music and began to write works for the stage in the 1860s and 1870s. Among these, '' Le grand mogol'' (1877) was the most popular and was later revived in Paris, London and New York. In 1879 he moved to Paris, where some of his pieces achieved considerable success both in France and abroad, including ''Les noces d'Olivette'' (1879), '' La mascotte'' (1880), '' Gillette de Narbonne'' (1882), '' La cigale et la fourmi'' (1886), '' Miss Helyett'' (1890) and ''La poupée'' (1896). Most of his works are now neglected, but ''La mascotte'' has been revived occasionally and has been recorded for the gramophone. Early life and career Audran was born in Lyon, the son of Marius-Pierre Audran (1816–87), who had a career as a tenor at the Opéra-Comique. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une éducation Manquée
(''An Incomplete Education'') is an in one act and nine scenes by Emmanuel Chabrier. The French libretto is by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Composed in 1878–79, the work, which is set in the 18th century, is in a lively, light operetta style in which Chabrier excelled and had perfected in a year or so earlier. It was much admired by Ravel, Hahn and Messager, among others. Performance history The ‘opérette’ was first performed on 1 May 1879 as part of an evening's entertainment organized by the ‘Cercle international’ in the Boulevard des Capucines, with piano accompaniment by Chabrier himself. It was revived in March 1910 in Monte Carlo and on 9 January 1911 at the Théâtre des Arts conducted by Gabriel Grovlez. In December 1918 Jane Bathori mounted the piece at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. The 1924 Paris production by Diaghilev, designed by Juan Gris and conducted by André Messager, had recitatives by Darius Milhaud to replace the spoken dialogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'étoile (opera)
''L'étoile'' is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with a libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Chabrier met his librettists at the home of a mutual friend, the painter Gaston Hirsh, in 1875. Chabrier played to them early versions of the romance "O petite étoile" and the ensemble "Le pal, est de tous les supplices..." (with words by Verlaine which Leterrier and Vanloo found too bold and toned down). They agreed to collaborate and Chabrier set about composition with enthusiasm. The story echoes some of the characters and situations of Chabrier's '' Fisch-Ton-Kan''.Delage, pp. ?? Performance history ''L'étoile'' premiered on 28 November 1877 at Offenbach's '' Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens''. In its initial run the modest orchestra was appalled at the difficulty of Chabrier’s score, which was much more sophisticated than anything Offenbach wrote for the small boulevard theatre. It was first performed outside France in Berlin on 4 October 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Chabrier
Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier (; 18 January 184113 September 1894) was a French Romantic composer and pianist. His bourgeois family did not approve of a musical career for him, and he studied law in Paris and then worked as a civil servant until the age of thirty-nine while immersing himself in the modernist artistic life of the French capital and composing in his spare time. From 1880 until his final illness he was a full-time composer. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, ''España'' and ''Joyeuse marche'', Chabrier left a corpus of operas (including '' L'étoile''), songs, and piano music, but no symphonies, concertos, quartets, sonatas, or religious or liturgical music. His lack of academic training left him free to create his own musical language, unaffected by established rules, and he was regarded by many later composers as an important innovator and a catalyst who paved the way for French modernism. He was admired by, and influenced, composers as diverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
