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Guercœur
''Guercœur'' is an opera in three acts by the French composer Albéric Magnard to his own libretto. It was first performed posthumously at the Paris Opéra on 24 April 1931, though it had mostly been written between 1897 and 1901. The music shows the influence of Wagner. History Albéric Magnard, a composer whose chamber and symphonic works were performed, composed ''Guercœur'' as his second opera to his own libretto between 1897 and 1901. He then tried in vain to find a theatre ready to produce it. The composer died trying to save his house from the invading Germans at the beginning of World War I in 1914, and the score was partially destroyed in the resulting fire. Magnard's friend Guy Ropartz reconstructed the missing sections from the vocal score so the opera could be staged. It was first performed posthumously at the Paris Opéra on 24 April 1931. Performances After the premiere, the opera received its next production more than 80 years later at Theater Osnabrück in J ...
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Germaine Hoerner
Germaine Hoerner (26 January 1905 – 19 May 1972) was a French operatic soprano. Biography Born in Strasbourg, Hoerner won First Prize (music diploma), First Prizes in singing and lyrical art at the Conservatoire de Paris, and made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1929 in Wagner's ''Die Walküre''. She distinguished herself in the great Wagnerian roles, Elsa (''Lohengrin (opera), Lohengrin''), Elisabeth (''Tannhäuser (opera), Tannhäuser''), Gutrune (''Götterdämmerung'') and Senta (''Der fliegende Holländer'') which she created at the Palais Garnier. Then she turned to the Italian bel canto, notably in the title role of Verdi's ''Aida'', and Desdémone in ''Otello''. She approached the French repertoire with Marguerite in Berlioz's ''La damnation de Faust'', Valentine in Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots'', Brunehild in Reyer's ''Sigurd (opera), Sigurd'', Bonté in Magnard's ''Guercœur'', returned to the Germanic repertoire with Léonore in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', the Marschallin ...
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