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Charles-Simon Favart
Charles Simon Favart (; 13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and after his father's death he carried on the business for a time. His first success in literature was ''La France delivrée par la Pucelle d'Orléans'', a poem about Joan of Arc which obtained a prize of the Académie des Jeux Floraux. After the production of his first ''vaudeville'', ''Les Deux Jumelles'' (1734), circumstances enabled him to relinquish business and devote himself entirely to the drama. He provided many pieces anonymously for the lesser theatres, and first put his name to ... [...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 Théâtre de la foire, 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 Opéra-Comique, of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow; ''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 (''Vaudeville (song), vaudevilles''), with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rosière De Salency
''La Rosière de Salency'' is a three-act comedy, mingled with arriettes, by Charles-Simon Favart, music by Blaise, Philidor, Monsigny and Duni. It was presented at Château de Fontainebleau 25 October 1769 and at Comédie-Italienne 14 December. The story draws inspiration from the feast of , a tradition born in the French village of Salency (Oise). On 18 January 1774, André Grétry André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ... had a new version of ''La Rosière'' presented at Fontainebleau, with a libretto reworked by marquis de Pezay. External links Toutes les représentationssur le sitCÉSARLibretto online {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosiere de Salency French plays 1769 operas Opéras comiques Operas Operas by André Grétry Operas by Egidio Duni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fée Urgèle
''La fée Urgèle, ou Ce qui plaît aux dames'' (, ''The Fairy Urgèle, or What Pleases Women'') is an ''opéra comique'' (specifically a ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'') in four acts by the composer Egidio Duni. The libretto, by Charles-Simon Favart, is based on Voltaire's ' and Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale". Performance history The opera was first performed at the Théâtre Royal de la Cour at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 26 October 1765. The elaborate medieval staging cost 20,000 livres according to Grimm in his ''Correspondance littéraire''. It was revived at the Comédie-Italienne on 4 December 1765 and given over 100 times in the following years, popularizing medieval settings for other operas such as André Grétry's '' Aucassin et Nicolette'' (1779) and '' Richard Coeur-de-lion'' (1784). The opera was revived at the Opéra Comique for 8 performances from 12–20 April 1991 by Les Arts Florissants ensemble under the baton of Christophe Rousset and with Monique Zane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Et Lubin
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Ninette à La Cour
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the greatest Italian musicians of the first half of the 18th century and one of the most important representatives of the Neapolitan school. Despite his short life and few years of activity (he died of tuberculosis at the age of 26), he managed to create works of high artistic value and historical importance, such as ''La serva padrona'' (''The Maid Turned Mistress''), which played an important role in the development and diffusion of the opera buffa in Europe, and '' L'Olimpiade'', considered one of the best of the opera seria of the first half of the 18th century, and the '' Stabat Mater'', among the most important works of sacred music of all time. Biography Born in Jesi in what is now the Province of Ancona (but was then part of the Papa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Serva Padrona
''La serva padrona'' (''The Maid Turned Mistress'') is a 1733 intermezzo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) to a libretto by Gennaro Federico, after the Play (theatre), play by Jacopo Angello Nelli. It is some 40 minutes long, in two parts without overture, and was written as light-hearted staged entertainment between the acts of Pergolesi's serious opera ''Il prigionier superbo''. More specifically each of the two parts, set in the same dressing room, played during an intermission of the three-act opera to amuse people who remained in their seats. Federico's libretto was also set by Giovanni Paisiello, in 1781. Performance history ''La serva padrona'' and the opera seria it punctuates were premiered at the Teatro San Bartolomeo on 6 September 1733, the first performances there after an earthquake the previous year in Naples had closed all theatres. Both were written for the birthday of Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel a few days earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Indes Galantes
is a ''ballet héroïque'', a type of Baroque music#Late baroque music (1680–1750), French Baroque opera-ballet, by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Louis Fuzelier. In its final form it comprised an allegory, allegorical prologue and four ''entrées'', or acts, each set in an exotic place, the whole being unified around the theme of love. The work dates from 1735 except for the last ''entrée'', which was added the following year. In 1761, however, Rameau dropped the relatively short and mildly contrasted third ''entrée'' so as to leave what is now considered the work's definitive form: Prologue; ''Le turc généreux (The Generous Turk)''; ''Les incas du Pérou (The Incas of Peru)''; and ''Les sauvages (The Savages of North America)''. The dropped ''entrée'' was ''Les fleurs (The Flowers of Persia)''. Famous pieces from ''Les Indes galantes'' include the Dance of the Peace Pipe and the Chaconne, both from ''The Savages of North America''. Premiere The premiere, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
