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Antoine Banès
Antoine Banés, real name Antoine Anatole, (8 June 1856 – 9 January 1924) was a French composer of operettas and ballets. Biography Antoine Banes studied music under the direction of Émile Durand, professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire. Early on, he thought to appear in the theater. He enjoyed light music and represented various successful comic operas or operettas. After trying his hand in various musical pochades 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 Louis Péricaud 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 and Émile Blavet (Théâtre des Nouveautés, 28 November) *1892: ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne. It was also called the Théâtre-Italien up to about 1793, when it again became most commonly known as the Opéra-Comique. Today the company's official name is Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, and its theatre, with a capacity of around 1,248 seats, sometimes referred to as the Salle Favart (the third on this site), is located at Place Boïeldieu in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Palais Garnier, one of the theatres of the Paris Opéra. The musicians and others associated with the Opéra-Comique have made important contributions to operatic history and tradition in France and to French opera. Its current mission is to reconnect with its history and discover its unique repertoire to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicians From Paris
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French Operetta Composers
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Data
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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 for '' Le Voltaire'', publication director of the ''L'Écho de la Légion d'honneur'', he was dramaturge of the Théâtre Antoine. From 1897, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th-century and the beginning of the 20th including the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Théâtre Déjazet, and the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques. Works * ''On nous écrit de Marseille'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1867 * ''Au Grand-Cerf'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Le Senne, 1869 * ''La Bonne à Venture'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Les Mémoires d'un flageolet'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Le Senne, 1872 * ''Le Théâtre Scribe'', à-propos in verses, with Le Senne, 1874 * ''Allons b� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 bouffes are known for elements of comedy, satire, parody and farce. The most famous examples are '' La belle Hélène'', '' Barbe-bleue'' (''Bluebeard''), '' La Vie parisienne'', '' La Périchole'' and '' La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein''. Sources *Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.: "Opéra bouffe" Stanley Sadie (ed.), ''The 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 volu ...'' (London, 1992). {{DEFAULTSORT:Opera Bouffe Opera genres Opera terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia (Paris)
The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra Garnier, north of Vendôme square. Its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin, and Auber. The hall was opened in 1893 by one of the two co-creators of the Moulin Rouge venue, and saw many opera, ballet, and music hall performances. Theatrical performances declined in the late 1920s and the Olympia was converted into a cinema, before re-opening as a venue in 1954 with Bruno Coquatrix as executive director. Since the 1960s, it has been a popular venue for rock bands. The Olympia was threatened with demolition in the early 1990s, but saved by a preservation order. Inevitably included in a group of buildings that were part of an extensive renovation project, the entire edifice was demolished and rebuilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 for the genre of mélodrame.’L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940)’ (http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm), accessed 14.01.10. In 1862, the theatre moved to the rue de Bondy and the repertoire developed more in the field of operetta, '' La fille de Madame Angot'' by Charles Lecocq in 1873, ''Les cloches de Corneville'' by Robert Planquette in 1877, ''Madame Favart'', by Jacques Offenbach in 1878, ''La fille du tambour-major'' by Offenbach in 1879, '' La fauvette du temple'' by André Messager in 1885, ''La Béarnaise'' by Messager in 1887 and '' Surcouf'' by Robert Planquette in October of the same year being among the premieres seen at the theatre. Other operettas and light ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In the 19th century the theatre was often referred to as the Salle Choiseul. With the decline in popularity of operetta after 1870, the theatre expanded its repertory to include comedies.Bouffes-Parisien website .Lamb, Andrew. "Offenbach, Jacques" in Sadie 1992, vol. 3, pp. 653–658.Levin 2009, pp. 401–402. History Salle Lacaze [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
