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Antoine Bullant, also Anton Bullandt (, 9 February 1751 in
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who worked first in
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. Antoine Bullant is also sometimes referred to as Jean Bullant (Жан Бюлан) or Anton Bullandt. However, most current scholarly sources refer to him as Antoine Bullant as all 18th-century printed and manuscript copies of his own works spell the name ‘Bullant’. In Russian his name was also transliterated as Булан, Булант, Буллант and sometimes "trans-transliterated" in other languages (e.g., in German, in lists of operas) as Bulant, Bullanto, Bullault, Bullandt, Bulan. The '' Grove Dictionary of Music'' describes him as a
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and
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(?), who in 1771 or 1772 settled in
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, where he published four symphonies (1773) and some chamber instrumental ensembles. There is some controversial information that Bullandt came to Russia in 1780, and entered the service in Imperial
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s in 1783 and was a founder of "St Petersburg Philharmonic Society". Biographical data about him are scarce.


Works

He wrote a large number of operas with Russian
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s, often within Russian national settings, some of which were written by
Yakov Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father ...
. The most successful of them was '' Sbitenshchik'' (''Сбитеньщик — Sbiten Vendor''),
comic opera Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...
in 3 acts, written to the libretto by
Yakov Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father ...
. It was a remake of
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...
's ''
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''. The opera was staged 1783 or 1784 in
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, at the
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, and was played until 1853; He was also credited for several famous
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s of that time probably by mistake, because some of them, were also attributed to other composers like Ivan Kerzelli and
Vasily Pashkevich Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich () (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher of Ukrainian origin who lived during the time of Catherine the Great. Bi ...
): * ''Lyubovnik - koldun'' (''Любовник-колдун — The Lover-Magician'', one-act
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, libretto by
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, 1772 Moscow), that was also attributed to Ivan Kerzelli; * ''Gorbatye'' (''Горбатые — The Hunchbacked People'', 1779 St Petersburg); * ''Torzhestvo dobrodeteli nad krasotoy'' (''Торжество добродетели над красотой — Celebration of Virtues Above the Beauty'' 1780,
St Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
); * ''Kuznets'' (''Кузнец — The Blacksmith'', 1780
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); * ''Muzhya-zhenikhi svoikh zhon'' (''Мужья-женихи своих жён'' — ''The Husbands-bride-grooms of their Wives'', 1784
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), * '' Sbitenshchik'' (''Сбитеньщик — Sbiten Vendor''),
comic opera Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...
in 3 acts, libretto:
Yakov Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father ...
after
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...
, 1783 or 1784,
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,
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, ; * ''The Fisherman and Spirit'' (''Рыбак и Дух — The Fisherman and Spirit'', 1787); * ''Milovzor and Prelesta'' (''Миловзор и Прелеста'', 1787); * ''Dobrodetelny Volshebnik'' (''Добродетельный волшебник'' — ''Virtuous Vizard''), dramatic opera in 5 acts,
libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...
:
Yakov Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father ...
,
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, 1787; * ''Gipsy'' (''Цыган'', 1788); * ''Kak pozhivyosh, tak i proslyvyosh '' (''Как поживёшь, так и прослывёшь — As you live you will be judged'', libretto by
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, 1792
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) — revision of ''Saint-Petersburg's Trade Stalls'' that was also attributed to
Vasily Pashkevich Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich () (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher of Ukrainian origin who lived during the time of Catherine the Great. Bi ...
; * ''Vinetta, ili Taras v Ulye'' (''Винетта, или Тарас в улье'' — ''Vinetta, or Taras in a Beehive''),
comic opera Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...
in 2 acts, libretto: K. Damsky, 1799,
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; * ''Skupoy'' (''Скупой — The Miser''), libretto by
Yakov Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father ...
after
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...
, 1782?, 1811
St Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
&
Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
that was also attributed to
Vasily Pashkevich Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich () (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher of Ukrainian origin who lived during the time of Catherine the Great. Bi ...
; * ''Pritvorno sumashedshaya'' (''Притворно сумасшедшая — Hypocritically Mad Woman''), etc.


References

* Aleksandr Polovtsov. Бюлан, Иван // ''Russian Biographical Dictionary'' (Русский Биографический Словарь) * Barry S. Brook, Richard Viano, & Jitka Brabcová: "Antoine Bullant", ''Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Accessed December 4, 2008)
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* Бюлан, Жан
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