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Alexandrine Saint-Aubin
Anne-Alexandrine d'Herbez, known under the name Alexandrine Saint-Aubin, (9 April 1793 - 30 March 1867), was a French operatic soprano. Life Born in Paris, Saint-Aubin was the daughter of Augustin-Alexandre d'Herbez, known as "Saint-Aubin", tenor of the Opéra de Paris and Jeanne-Charlotte Schroeder, Madame Saint-Aubin, soprano at the Comédie-Italienne and at the Opéra-Comique. She is the younger sister of Cécile Duret-Saint-Aubin. She made a fleeting appearance at her mother's side in ''Le Prisonnier'' by Della-Maria. She made her real debut on November 3, 1809, at the Theatre Favard, in two of the roles that had earned her mother the most brilliant success, the ingenue of ''l'Opéra-Comique'' and the soubrette by ''Ambroise ou Voilà ma journée''. In 1810, she plays the title role in ''Cendrillon'' by Nicolas Isouard, seventy-eight performances in less than a year, one hundred in total, which is rare at the Opéra-Comique, at the time. In 1812, she married , the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Isouard
Nicolas Isouard (also known as ''Nicolò'', ''Nicolò Isoiar'' or ''Nicolò de Malte''; 18 May 1773 – 23 March 1818) was a Maltese-born French composer. Biography Born in Porto Salvo, Valletta, Malta, Isouard studied in Rabat or Mdina with Francesco Azopardi, in Palermo with Giuseppe Amendola, and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi. From 1795 he was organist at ''St. John de Gerusalemme'' in Valletta at the Conventual Church of the Order of Saint John, ''San Giovanni di Malta''. He moved to Paris, where he worked as a free composer and became friends with Rodolphe Kreutzer. The pair worked together on several operas, including ''Le Petit page, ou La Prison d'état'' (1800) and ''Flaminius à Corinthe'' (1801). Isouard adopted the pseudonym Nicolò (or Nicolò de Malte) and found rapid success in the field of opéra comique with ''Michel-Ange ''(1802) and ''L'Intrigue aux fenêtres'' (1805). He composed regularly for the ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 Births
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French Operatic Sopranos
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Arthur Pougin
Arthur Pougin ( 6 August 1834 – 8 August 1921) was a French musical and dramatic critic and writer. He was born at Châteauroux (Indre) and studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris under Alard (violin) and Reber (harmony). In 1855 he became conductor at the Théâtre Beaumarchais, and afterward leader at Musard's concerts, subconductor at the Folies-Nouvelles, and from 1860 to 1863 he was first violin at the Opéra-Comique. He was in turn '' feuilletoniste'' to ''Le Soir'', '' La Tribune'', ''L'Événement L'Événement means "The Happening" in French. It may refer to: * ''L'Événement-Journal ''L'Événement-Journal'' was a daily Canadian newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec. It was founded by Hector Fabre in 1867 with the name ''L'Événement''. Fab ...'' and '' Le Journal Officiel'', besides being a frequent contributor to all the important French musical periodicals. His work in connection with Fétis's '' Biographie universelle'', for which he prepared a supplement ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Feydeau
The Théâtre Feydeau (), a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1789 with the patronage of Monsieur, Comte de Provence (later to become Louis XVIII), and was therefore initially named the Théâtre de Monsieur. It began performing in the Salle des Tuileries, located in the north wing of the Tuileries Palace, then moved to the Salle des Variétés at the Foire Saint-Germain, and finally, beginning in 1791, settled into its own custom-built theatre, the Salle Feydeau located on the rue Feydeau. The company was renamed Feydeau after the royal family was arrested during the French Revolution.Johnson 1992. The company first presented Italian opera by composers such as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Giuseppe Sarti, and Giovanni Paisiello and later French plays, vaudevilles, and ''opéras comiques'', as well as symphonic concerts, and was especially famous for the quality of its orchestra and realistic stagings. The Italian Luigi Cherubini was the house composer,Willis 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Godard D'Aucourt De Saint-Just
Claude Godard d'Aucourt called de Saint-Just (14 July 1768 – 17 March 1826) was a French librettist. Born in Paris, he was the son of Claude Godard d'Aucour, marquis of , a fermier général. Being a younger son, he bore the name st-Just which was a dependent lordship of Plancy. He wrote the librettos of several opéras comiques by François Adrien Boieldieu such as: *1797: ''L'Heureuse Nouvelle'' *1797: ''La Famille suisse'' *1798: ''Zoraïme et Zulnar'' *1799: ''Emma, ou la Prisonnière'' *1799: ''Les Méprises espagnoles'' *1800: ''Le calife de Bagdad'' *1803: '' L'heureux malgré lui'' by Étienne Méhul *1806: '' Gabrielle d'Estrées'' by E. Méhul *1812: '' Jean de Paris''. He gave himself the collection of his ''Œuvres'' (Paris, 1826, 2 volumes in-8°). Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just's grave at centre His father had himself given some books of libertine A libertine is a person devoid of most moral principles, a sense of responsibility, or sexual restraints, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Adrien Boieldieu
François-Adrien Boieldieu (, also ) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was also cited as December 15 by his biographer and writer Lucien Augé de Lassus (b. 1841) and as September 15 by some local press releases. Biography Born during the Ancien Régime in Rouen, François-Adrien Boieldieu received his musical education first from the choirmaster and then from the organist of the local cathedral. During the Reign of Terror, Rouen was one of the few towns to maintain a significant musical life and in 1793 a series of concerts was organised featuring the celebrated violinist Pierre Rode and the tenor Pierre-Jean Garat. It was during this time that Boieldieu composed his earliest works to texts written by his father (''La fille coupable'' in 1793, followed by ''Rosalie et Mirza'' in 1795). They brought him immediate success. During the Revolutionary period, Boieldieu left for Paris an ... [...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 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 of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow in nature; '' 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 ('' vaudevilles''), with new words set to already existing musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Paris (Boieldieu)
''Jean de Paris'' is an opéra comique in two acts by French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu and librettist Claude Godard d'Aucourt de Saint-Just. History The work had its premiere on 4 April 1812 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and was performed there until 1863. The opera was dedicated to the composer André Grétry. ''Jean de Paris'' was a great success for Boieldieu, who returned to the Parisian opera stage in 1812 with this opera comique after a seven-year stay in Russia. In the same year as the premiere in Paris, ''Jean de Paris'' was also performed in various German translations in Germany and Austria. Ignaz Franz Castelli provided his translation for the Theater am Kärntnertor (Vienna), Ignaz von Seyfried worked for the Theater an der Wien and the translation by Karl Alexander Herklots was staged in Berlin. This opera – and its subject matter – enjoyed great popularity, so that as early as 1818 a new setting by Francesco Morlacchi (music) and Felice R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Title Role
The title character in a narrative work is one who is named or referred to in the title of the work. In a performed work such as a play or film, the performer who plays the title character is said to have the title role of the piece. The title of the work might consist solely of the title character's name – such as '' Michael Collins'' or ''Othello'' – or be a longer phrase or sentence – such as '' The Autobiography of Malcolm X'', '' Alice in Wonderland'' or '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. The title character is commonly – but not necessarily – the protagonist of the story. Narrative works routinely do not have a title character, and there is some ambiguity in what qualifies as one. Examples in various media include Figaro in the opera ''The Marriage of Figaro'', Giselle in the ballet of the same name, the Doctor in the TV series '' Doctor Who'', Harry Potter in the series of novels and films, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in the play ''Romeo and Juliet'', Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Guillaume Étienne
Charles-Guillaume Étienne (5 January 177813 March 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography He was born in Chamouilley, Haute-Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1793 to Paris, where he produced his first opera, ''Le Rêve'', in 1799, in collaboration with Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick. Although Étienne continued to write for the Paris theatres for twenty years from that date, he is remembered chiefly as the author of one comedy, which excited considerable controversy. ''Les Deux Gendres'' was represented at the Théâtre Français on 11 August 1810, and procured for its author a seat in the Académie française. A rumour was put in circulation that Étienne had drawn largely on a manuscript play in the imperial library, entitled ''Conaxa, ou les gendres dupes''. His rivals were not slow to take up the charge of plagiarism, to which Étienne replied that the story was an old one (it existed in an old French fabliaus) and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
