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Panurge (opera)
''Panurge'' is an opera (titled 'Haulte farce musicale') in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Georges Spitzmuller and Maurice Boukay, after ''Pantagruel'' by Rabelais. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris on 25 April 1913, nearly a year after Massenet's death, one of three operas by the composer to have premiered posthumously, the others being ''Cléopâtre'' (1914) and '' Amadis'' (1922). Performance history It is one of Massenet's least known operas, but was revived at the Massenet Festival in St. Etienne in 1994 under conductor Patrick Fournillier. Harding quotes a reaction of Alfred Bruneau who declared that the libretto was not suited to Massenet's temperament and demanded music not of a Massenet, but of a Chabrier.Harding J. ''Massenet.'' J M Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1970. Roles Synopsis Act 1 A crowd of townspeople have gathered outside the tavern of Alcofibras, the 'Hostellerie du Coq à l’Asne' in Les Halles Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music. While still a schoolboy, Massenet was admitted to France's principal music college, the Paris Conservatoire. There he studied under Ambroise Thomas, whom he greatly admired. After winning the country's top musical prize, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically in many genres, but quickly became best known for his operas. Between 1867 and his death forty-five years later he wrote more than forty stage works in a wide variety of styles, from opéra-comique to grand-scale depictions of classical myths, romantic comedies, Drame lyrique, lyric dramas, as well as oratorios, cantatas and ballets. Masse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A2 (two As below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word '' tenere'', which means "to hold". As Fallows, Jander, Forbes, Steane, Harris and Waldman note in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the enor was thestructurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that sang such parts. All other voices were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Marchand (actor)
Henri François Jean André Marchand (28 August 1898, Mainvilliers, Eure-et-Loir, France – 22 May 1959, 15th arrondissement of Paris) known as Henri Marchand — was a French actor of stage and screen. Filmography * 1927 : ''Mathusalem ou l'éternel bourgeois'' (short film by Jean Painlevé) * 1931 : ''À nous la liberté'' (Director: René Clair) ... as Émile * 1932 : '' Amour amour / Pour ses beaux yeux'' (Director: Robert Bibal) ... as Paul Berton * 1932 : '' L'enfant du miracle'' (Director: Maurice Diamant-Berger) ... as Georges * 1932 : '' Je vous aimerai toujours'' (Director: Mario Camerini) ... as Pierre Duchesne * 1934 : ''Volga in Flames'' de Victor Tourjansky ... as Ivan * 1934 : '' Le Billet de mille'' de Marc Didier ... as the Manager * 1934 : '' Le Bossu'' de René Sti : Passepoil * 1934 : '' La Marche nuptiale'' de Mario Bonnard : César * 1934 : '' Ces messieurs de la noce'' de Germain Fried (court métrage) * 1934 : '' Crémaillère'' de Georges Root (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Royer
Joseph Royer (1884, Quebec City – August 10, 1965, Phoenix, Arizona) was a Canadian operatic baritone. Life and career Born in Quebec City, Royer moved with his family to the United States as a child and spent his youth in Berlin, New Hampshire. After working as a church musician in his hometown, he moved to New York City to study singing with Victor Maurel. He made his professional opera debut with the Aborn Opera Company as Atahanael in Massenet's '' Thais''. In 1912 he portrayed Raminagrobis in the world premiere of Jules Massenet's ''Panurge'' at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris. In 1920 he performed the role of Michele in Covent Garden's first production of Puccini's ''Il tabarro''. That same year he portrayed Pistola in Verdi's ''Falstaff'' at La Monnaie and Jack Rance in Puccini's ''La fanciulla del West'' at La Fenice. Royer was a regular performer with the San Carlo Opera Company from 1916 to 1934. During the 1920s he toured with light opera companies in Asia, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Alberti
Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero-engines Films and television * ''Walter'' (1982 film), a British television drama film * Walter Vetrivel, a 1993 Tamil crime drama film * ''Walter'' (2014 film), a British television crime drama * ''Walter'' (2015 film), an American comedy-drama film * ''Walter'' (2020 film), an Indian crime drama film * ''W*A*L*T*E*R'', a 1984 pilot for a spin-off of the TV series ''M*A*S*H'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Audoin
Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Satie, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English. As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals. People named Éric * Éric Abidal (b. 1979) French footballer * Éric Antoine (b. 1976) French comedy magician * Éric Bourdon (b. 1979) French painter * Éric Cantona (b. 1966) French footballer, known as "Eric Cantona" as an actor * Éric Elmosnino (b. 1964) French actor and musician * Éric Fottorino (b. 1960) French journalist and author * Éric Geoffroy (b. 1956) French philosopher, islamologist and writer * Éric Guirado (b. 1968) French film director and writer * É ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maïna Doria
''Maïna'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 2013. , November 4, 2013. Directed by , an adaptation of ' novel, the film stars |
Lucy Arbell
Lucy Arbell (''née'' Georgette Gall, Georgette Wallace) (8 June 1878 – 21 May 1947) was a French mezzo-soprano whose operatic career was mainly centred in Paris and who was particularly associated with the composer Jules Massenet. Life and career Georgette's father was Edmond Richard Wallace (1840–1887), son of Sir Richard Wallace, the renowned art collector and philanthropist. Arbell made her stage debut as Dalila at the Paris Opéra on 23 October 1903. She also sang there as Amneris in ''Aida'', Madalena in ''Rigoletto'', Uta in ''Sigurd'', Fricka in ''Die Walküre'' and '' Thérèse''. She had a close association with the late operas of Massenet, creating roles in ''Ariane'' (Perséphone), ''Thérèse'' (title role), ''Bacchus'' (Queen Amahelli), ''Don Quichotte'' (Dulcinée) in Monte-Carlo and Paris, ''Roma'' (Postumia), and ''Panurge'' (Colombe). She had a close relationship with Massenet as well; the critic Rodney Milnes describes Arbell as "gold-digging", cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3–A5 in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C4; 220–880 Hz). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F3, 175 Hz) and as high as "high C" (C6, 1047 Hz). The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic mezzo-soprano. History While mezzo-sopranos typically sing secondary roles in operas, notable exceptions include the title role in Bizet's '' Carmen'', Angelina (Cinderella) in Rossini's '' La Cenerentola'', and Rosina in Rossini's '' Barber of Seville'' (all of which are also sung by sopranos and contraltos). Many 19th-century French-language operas give the leading female role to mezzos, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinh Gilly
Dinh Gilly (19 July 1877 – 19 May 1940) was a French-Algerian operatic baritone and teacher. Biography He studied in Toulouse, Rome (with Antonio Cotogni), and at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won a first prize in 1902. That same year he made his debut at the Paris Opera as Silvio in Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci''. In 1908 he left the Paris Opera and from 1909 to 1914 he performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He also sang at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and later taught in London. During this period he also headlined on fourteen occasions at the Royal Albert Hall, London. His students there included Dennis Noble Dennis Noble (25 September 189814 March 1966) was a noted British baritone and teacher. He appeared in opera, oratorio, musical comedy and song, from the First World War through to the late 1950s. He was renowned for his enunciation and di ... and John Brownlee. On 4 January 1925, he opened the 'Dinh Gilly School of Singing' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenore Di Grazia
, also called tenor (''graceful'', ''light'', and ''lightweight'' tenor, respectively), is a lightweight, flexible tenor voice type.Soreanu, Cristina. "Nineteenth Century’s Donizettian Singers and their Contribution to the Development of the Vocal Technique." Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VIII: Performing Arts 2 (2014): 124–130. The tenor roles written in the early 19th-century Italian operas are invariably leggero tenor roles, especially those by Rossini such as Lindoro in ''L'italiana in Algeri'', Don Ramiro in ''La Cenerentola'', and Almaviva in ''Il barbiere di Siviglia''; and those by Bellini such as Gualtiero in ''Il pirata'', Elvino in ''La sonnambula'' and Arturo in ''I puritani''. Many Donizetti roles, such as Nemorino in ''L'elisir d'amore'' and Ernesto in ''Don Pasquale'', Tonio in ''La fille du régiment'', are also ''tenore di grazia'' roles. One of the most famous leggero tenors of that period was Giovanni Battista Rubini, for whom Belli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zina Brozia
Zina Brozia born Ambrozine Baptiste (1876–1958) was a French operatic soprano who made her début at the Opéra Comique in 1905 and at the Opéra Garnier in 1908. Brozia also performed in Brussels, Parma and Boston. Biography Born on 29 June 1876 in Bourg-lès-Valence in south-eastern France, Ambrozine Baptiste was the daughter of Joseph Baptiste, a glazer, and Irma Chopin. (She later adopted the stage name of Zina Brozia, an anagram of Ambrozine.) She was the youngest of three sisters and one brother. She studied under the Romanian soprano Elena Theodorini. After an initial début as Marguerite in ''Faust'' at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1904–1905), on 13 September 1905, she made her Paris début at the Opéra Comique, playing Violetta in Verdi's ''La Traviata''. Still at the Opéra Comique, on 27 March 1906, she created the role of Séso in the première of Camille Erlanger's ''Aphrodite''. In 1907, she performed at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, first as Elena in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
