Antoine Banés, real name Antoine Anatole, (8 June 1856 – 9 January 1924) was a French composer of operettas and

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Biography

Antoine Banes studied music under the direction of

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, professor of

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at the

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. Early on, he thought to appear in the theater. He enjoyed light music and represented various successful comic

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 libre ...

s or operettas. After trying his hand in various musical

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s at the Eldorado, he represented works including, among others, ''la Nuit de noce'' (1881) ; ''les Délégués'' (1887) ; ''Toto'' (1892)...

Main works

Operas and operettas

*1881: ''La Nuit de noce'' *1883: ''La Cadiguette'', operetta in 1 act, libretto by

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and Lemoine (Eldoradp) *1884: ''L'Escargot'', operetta in 1 act, libretto by Albert Barré and Paul Adely (Eldorado, 19 April) *1885: ''Les Délégués'', vaudeville-operetta in 3 acts, libretto by

Fabrice Carré Fabrice Carré or Carré-Labrousse, real name Jules Fabrice, (9 July 1855 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris – 1921) was a 19th-century French playwright, and librettist. The dramatist Fabrice Labrousse (1806-1876) was his grandson. After study ...

and Émile Blavet (

Théâtre des Nouveautés The Théâtre des Nouveautés ("Theatre of the New") is a Parisian theatre built in 1921 and located at 24 boulevard Poissonnière (Paris, 9th arr.). The name was also used by several earlier Parisian theatre companies and their buildings, begin ...

, 28 November) *1892: ''Toto'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Albert Barré and Paul Bilhaud ( Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, 10 June) *1893: ''Madame Rose'',

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 Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

in 1 act, libretto by Albert Barré and Paul Bilhaud (

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienn ...

, 25 September) *1894: ''Le Bonhomme de neige'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Albert Vanloo and Henri Chivot (

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with ...

, 19 April) *1895: ''Le Roi Frelon'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Albert Barré and Paul Bilhaud (

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue ...

, 11 April) *1896: ''Nuit d'amour'', fantaisie lyrique in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, libretto by Albert Barré and Maxime Boucheron (Bouffes-Parisiens, 11 May) *1897: ''Le Nouveau Régiment'', operetta in 2 acts, libretto by Albert Barré, Edmond Martin and Henry Berhard (

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, 12 March) *1897: ''La Jarretière'', operetta in 1 act, libretto by Albert Barré and Paul Bilhaud (Eldorado, 29 April) *1899: ''La Pomme d'Adam'', opéra comique in 1 acts, libretto by Lucien Augé de Lassus (Casino de Trouville, 25 August) *1901: ''Mlle portez-arme!..'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Albert Barré, Edmond Martin and Henry Berhard * ''La Sœur de Jocrisse'', opéra comique in 1 act, libretto by Albert Vanloo * ''Léda'',

opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe (, plural: ''opéras bouffes'') is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name. Opéras bouf ...

in 3 acts, libretto by Pierre Veber and Lucien Augé de Lassus, published by Enoch in 1909 * ''Les Gabelous'', opéra bouffe in 3 acts, libretto by Albert Barré, non performed, but published by Enoch in 1909 * ''Monsieur sans façons'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Maxime Boucheron and Albert Barré, non performed

Ballets

* ''Tohu-Bohu'', ballet (Folies-Bergère) * ''Olympia'', ballet-prologue in 1 act and 2 tableaux, libretto by

Alfred Delilia Alfred Delilia, full name Alfred Georges Marie Delilia, (16 September 1844 – 5 May 1916) was a French playwright, journalist, and chansonnier. Biography A journalist under the pseudonyms Georges Davray for ''L'Événement'' and Alfred Didier ...

, réglé by G. Pastorini (Olympia, 11 April 1893) * ''Mademoiselle Cyclamen'', ballet (1904) * ''Le Péage'', ballet-pantomime in 1 act, script by Georges de Dubor (1905)

External links

Antoine Banès
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