Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1930)
Marcel Auguste Louis Samuel-Rousseau (né Rousseau; 18 August 1882 – 11 June 1955) was a French composer, organist, and opera director.Griffiths; Langham Smith 1992. Life and career Born in Paris, he was the son of Samuel Rousseau and later changed his surname to Samuel-Rousseau to reflect this. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1905. He was the organist at Saint-Séverin from 1919 to 1922 and president of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) from 1935 to 1953. For many years he was a professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire and artistic director of the Pathé opera company. From 1941 to 1944 he was director of the Paris Opéra. He died in Paris in 1955, aged 72. Works As a composer, Samuel-Rousseau was highly influenced by the works of Franck and Fauré. He tended to be more conservative in style than many of contemporaries but he was a master at chromatic harmony and had a strong ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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André Rivoire
André Rivoire (5 May 1872 – 19 August 1930) was a French poet and playwright whose work was defined by the delicate precision of his observation. Life and work Rivoire was born in Vienne, Isère, in eastern France. He studied at the Lycée de Lyon and then at Lycée Henri-IV. A student of Henri Bergson, he showed an early interest in poetry, publishing under the pseudonym "André Suzel". After a collection of poetry, ''Les Vierges'' (Virgins) (1895) and a dramatic fantasy ''Berthe aux grands pieds'' ( Bertha Broadfoot) (1899), he published ''Le Songe de l'Amour'' '(The Dream of Love) (1900) and ''Le Chemin de l'Oubli'' (The Way of Forgetfulness) (1904), both in an intimate vein. Among his eighteen plays, notable are ''Le Bon Roi Dagobert'' (Good King Dagobert) (1908) and '' Roger Bontemps'' (1920). His dramatic work has a light and delicate touch displaying deft and precise psychological observation. The poet Sully Prudhomme René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elissa Rhaïs
Elissa Rhaïs, Hebrew: אליסה ראיס, born Rosine Boumendil (12 December 1876 – 18 August 1940) was a Jewish-Algerian writer, who adopted the persona of a Muslim woman who had escaped from a harem to further her literary career. Her novels were popular in her lifetime, but declined; interest in her life was revived in the 1980s by a claim that all her publications had been ghost-written and that she was illiterate. Biography Early life Rosine Boumendil was born on 12 December 1876 in Blida to a Jewish family of modest means. Her father, Jacob, was a baker and her mother, Mazaltov (born Seror) was a housewife. She went to a local school until she were placed as domestic in a Jewish family at the age of twelve. Later, she claimed she had attended the "École des Religieuses de la Doctrine Chrétienne", although it did not open until her 20s. At 18 yers old, she married à Rabii named Moïse Amar. The couple had three children: a daughter, who died at eleven years old; ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michel Carré
Michel Carré (20 October 1821, Besançon – 27 June 1872, Argenteuil) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti. He wrote the text for Charles Gounod's '' Mireille'' (1864) on his own, and collaborated with Eugène Cormon on Bizet's ''Les pêcheurs de perles''. However, the majority of his libretti were completed in tandem with Jules Barbier, with whom he wrote the libretti for numerous operas, including Camille Saint-Saëns's '' Le timbre d'argent'' (libretto written in 1864, first performed in 1877), Gounod's ''Faust'' (1859), '' Roméo et Juliette'' (1867), and Offenbach's '' Les contes d'Hoffmann'' (1881). As with the other libretti by Barbier and himself, these were adaptations of existing literary masterworks. His son, Michel-Antoine (1865–1945), followed in his father's footsteps, also writing libretti, and later directing silent fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis Arnoult , names sometimes translated to English as "Louis"
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Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vina Bovy
Vina Bovy (Malvina Bovi Van Overberghe) born Ghent 22 May 1900, died in the same city 16 May 1983 was a Belgian operatic soprano. Rosenthal H., "Vina Bovy". In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macmillan, London & New York, 1997. She studied in the Conservatoire in Ghent under Willemot, and first appeared on stage aged 17 as Argentine in ''Les deux billets'' (Poise). Her debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie was on October 4, 1920 as Marguerite in Gounod's ''Faust''.Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des Cantatrices de l'Opéra.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987. At the Monnaie she went on to sing Dorabella in ''Così fan tutte'', Micaela in ''Carmen'', Sophie in ''Werther'', Parassia in '' Sorochintsy Fair'', and Princesse Aurore in ''Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver''. After establishing herself at the Monnaie, she undertook engagements around France and Belgium, leading to her debut at the Opéra-Comique on 9 March 1925 (Manon). She quickly became one of the leading sopranos in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis Fourestier
Louis (Félix André) Fourestier (31 May 1892 – 30 September 1976) was a French conductor, composer and pedagogue, and was one of the founders of the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. Early years, compositions and prizes Fourestier was born in Montpellier, where he studied the cello at the local conservatory. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1909 and was a pupil of Alexandre Guilmant, Paul Dukas, André Gedalge, Paul Vidal, Xavier Leroux (harmony) and Vincent d'Indy (conducting), winning prizes for harmony and counterpoint. In 1924, he won the Prix Rossini for his cantata ''Patria''. This was followed by the Prix de Rome in 1925 for another cantata, ''La mort d'Adonis'', and in 1927 the First Grand Prix for the symphonic poem ''Polynice''. Conducting career Returning from Rome, Fourestier was engaged as a cellist at the Opéra Comique. His conducting career commenced when, in 1927, he took charge of the orchestra for a performance of Pietro Mascagni's ''Cavalleria ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emma Luart
Emma Luart (14 August 1892, Brussels – 26 August 1968, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic soprano. A graduate of the Brussels Conservatory, she made her official stage début at The Hague in 1914. She was committed to La Monnaie in Brussels from 1918–1922 where she excelled in lyric soprano roles like Louise, Mélisande, and Manon. She spent the remainder of her career as a member of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Her career was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ..., and she was not heard on the stage again after this point. References 1892 births 1968 deaths Belgian operatic sopranos Musicians from Brussels 20th-century Belgian women opera singers {{belgium-opera-singer-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louise Stichel
Louise Jeanne Judith Stichel (née Luigia Giovanna Giuditta Manzini, called ''Madame Stichel'') was a French dancer and ballet master born in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ... 20 July 1856 and died after 1933. She has long been erroneously named Thérèse Stichel by confusion with her most famous ballet, ''La Fête chez Thérèse''. Bibliography * Alfred Auguste Baron, ''Les Petites coulisses de l’Opéra'', Paris, A. Delmare, 1913. * Lynn Garafola, ''Legacies of twentieth-century dance'', Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 2005. * Carole Giorgis, ''Spectacles & spectateurs à Nice dans l'entre-deux guerres. Étude de la danse théâtrale dans les manifestations artistiques et mondaines'', mémoire de maîtrise d'histoire sous la direction ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles Friant
Auguste Charles Paul Friant (12 January 1890 – 22 April 1947) was a French tenor. Friant was born in the Montmartre district of Paris. His father was a principal ballet dancer, and his grandfather a professor of ballet at the Palais Garnier, Paris Opéra. While a boy, Charles Friant sang in the opera chorus, and appeared in the premiere of Vincent d'Indy’s opera ''L'Etranger'' in 1902. Friant attended ballet school in Paris from 1901 to 1906. He met his wife to be, Mademoiselle Mougot, at the ballet school where she taught an acting course in which Friant enrolled. He then trained as an actor with Sarah Bernhardt, joining her company touring Europe from 1908 to 1909. This included performing opposite Bernhardt in Edmond Rostand’s ''L'Aiglon''. In 1910 it was discovered he had a tenor voice, and he went to the Conservatoire de Paris to study singing with noted baritone Léon Melchissédec. On graduating in 1914, he was awarded a first prize in singing as a pupil o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yvonne Brothier
Yvonne Brothier (born 6 June 1889 in Saint-Julien-l'Ars, Vienne, died in Paris, 22 January 1967) was a soprano operatic singer who worked principally at the Opéra-Comique, Paris. After singing in Brussels in 1914, she made her début at the Opéra-comique on 13 February 1916 in ''Lakmé'' by Delibes. She went on to create roles in Louis Aubert's ''La forêt bleue'' (Red Riding Hood) (French premiere), ''Graziella'' (title role), Marcel Samuel-Rousseau's ''Le Hulla'' (Dilara), Raoul Laparra's ''Le joueur de viole'' (the young girl), Fauré's ''Masques et Bergamasques'', Charles-Henri Maréchal's ''Ping-Sin'' (title role) and Sylvio Lazzari's ''Le sauteriot'' (Orti). Her repertoire at the Opéra-Comique also included Rosina (''The Barber of Seville''), Micaëla (''Carmen''), Olympia (''Les contes d'Hoffmann''), Melisande ('' Pelléas et Mélisande''), Mireille, Rosenn (''Le roi d'Ys''), Minka (''Le roi malgré lui'') and Zaire (''Les Indes galantes''). On 26 November 1921, Yvon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Wolff (conductor)
Albert Louis Wolff (19 January 1884 – 20 February 1970) was a French conductor and composer of Dutch descent. Most of his career was spent in European venues, with the exception of two years that he spent as a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and a few years in Buenos Aires during the Second World War. He is most known for holding the position of principal conductor with the Opéra-Comique in Paris for several years. He was married to the French mezzo-soprano Simone Ballard. Biography Early life and education Wolff was born in Paris, of Dutch parents, though he was a French citizen from birth, never lived in the Netherlands, and never had a Dutch passport. When only 12 years old, he began his musical education at the Paris Conservatoire. There, he studied with such teachers as André Gedalge, Xavier Leroux, and Paul Antonin Vidal. At the same time he played the piano in cabarets and was organist at the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (Paris) for four years. Upon graduation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |