Hervé Lacombe is a French musicologist, a professor at the University Rennes 2 since 2002 and a specialist of music of France. He is the author of several works on the

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 ...

and two biographies, one of Georges Bizet and the other of Francis Poulenc.

Biography

Hervé Lacombe studied at the université Lyon II, and the

Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, before passing his aggregation of music and to support a doctoral thesis and a university degree in musicology. He received a scholarship from the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

and a delegation to the

Centre national de la recherche scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,63 ...

. Initially a lecturer at the University of Metz, he has been a professor at the université Rennes 2 since 2002. Hervé Lacombe is a member of the editorial board of the monumental edition ''L’Opéra français'', Bärenreiter-Verlag, and of the International Advisory Panel of the ''Journal of the Royal Musical Association''.

Publications

*1997: ''Les Voies de l'opéra français au XIXe 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 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

, 392 p., prix Bernier of the

Académie des beaux-arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

1997, (prix spécial du jury) 1998 and pri
Eugène Carrière
of the Académie française 1998 *2001: ''The Keys to French Opera in the Nineteenth Century'', revised and augmented version of ''Les Voies de l'opéra français au XIXe siècle'', trad. Edward Schneider, Berkeley, University of California Press, 442 p. *2000: ''Georges Bizet : Naissance d'une identité créatrice'', Fayard, , 860 p., prix Bordin de l'Académie des beaux-arts 2001 *2007: ''Géographie de l'opéra au XXe siècle'', Fayard, 317 p. *2011: ''Opéra et fantastique'' (direction with Timothée Picard),

Presses Universitaires de Rennes The Presses Universitaires de Rennes or PUR (''Rennes University Press'') is the largest French university press. Founded in 1984, PUR publishes around 200 books every year. It is located in Rennes in Brittany on the Rennes 2 University's La Har ...

, 428 p. . *2013: ''Francis Poulenc'',''Francis Poulenc'' Fayard
, 1104 p. grand prix des Muses- 2014 and prix Pelléas 2014 *2014: ''La Habanera de Carmen'', with Christine Rodriguez, Fayard, 224 p.

References

External links

Hervé Lacombe
on Éditions Fayard
Hervé Lacombe
on the site of the Académie française

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