The Apollo is a former French

music-hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...

venue located at 20 rue de Clichy in the

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History

The Apollo Theatre had a removable stage (now destroyed) called ''basculo'' conceived by the engineer Félix Léon Edoux. In 1909 the Czech conductor and composer,

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, was artistic director and head of the symphony orchestra of the Apollo. The actress Jane Marnac, her husband Keith Trevor, and Camille Wyn directed the Apollo in 1929 and 1930. ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...

) and ''Rêve de Valse'' ( Oscar Straus) were premiered in the theatre. In addition, the Argentine

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

singer

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inter ...

made his Parisian debut here.Cadicamo, Enrique, ''Historia del tango en Paris'', Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 1975

Repertoire

* 1913 : ''La Jeunesse dorée'',

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by Henri Verne, music Marcel Lattès, with André Lefaur * 1914 : ''La Fille de Figaro'' by

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and Hugues Delorme, music

Xavier Leroux Xavier Henry Napoleón Leroux (; 11 October 1863 – 2 February 1919) was a French composer and a teacher at the Paris Conservatory. He was married to the famous soprano Meyrianne Héglon (1867–1942). Life Born in Italy at Velletri, 30 ...

, with Jane Marnac * 1918 : ''La Reine joyeuse'' (new title of ''La Reine s'amuse''), operetta by André Barde, music Charles Cuvillier, with Jane Marnac * 1925 : ''Bouche à bouche'', operetta by Maurice Yvain, libretto by André Barde, with Georges Milton * 1929 : ''Le Procès de Mary Dugan'' by

Bayard Veiller Bayard Veiller (January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941. Biography He was born on January 2, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York to Phi ...

, adaptation Henry Torrès and Horace de Carbuccia, with Harry Baur * 1929 : ''Dans la rue'', after ''Street Scene'' by

Elmer Rice Elmer Rice (born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein, September 28, 1892 – May 8, 1967) was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays '' The Adding Machine'' (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, '' Street Sce ...

, adaptation Francis Carco, with

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...

* 1929 : ''Shangaï'' de Charles Méré after John Colton, with Jane Marnac * 1930 : ''Au temps des valses'' de

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, adaptation Saint-Granier, with Jane Marnac * 1932 : ''Hector'' by

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* 1932 : ''Papavert'' by Chas.k.Gordon and Loic le Gouriadec after the work by George Froeschel * 1943 : ''La Dame de minuit'' by Jean de Létraz, directed by Denis d'Inès * 1944 : ''Mademoiselle Antoinette'' by Jean Guitton * 1945 : ''L'Autre Aventure'' by Marcel Haedrich, directed by Jacques Erwin * 1946 : ''La Nuit du 16 janvier'' by

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, directed by

Jacques Baumer Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 – 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian. Filmography * 1932: '' That Scoundrel Morin'' by Georges Lacombe * 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride * 1936: ' by Max ...

* 1946 : ''Un homme sans amour'' by Paul Vialar, directed by Fernand Ledoux, with Jean Chevrier, Marguerite Pierry * 1946 : ''Un amour fou'' de Jean Guitton, with Jean-Pierre Kérien and Nine Assia * 1952 : ''Monsieur de Panama'' by Jean de Létraz * 1956 : ''Oncle Job'' by Robert Vattier and Albert Rieux * 1956 : '' Via Mala'' after John Knittel, adaptation

Paul Achard Paul Achard (1897-1962) was a French Algerian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He adapted his own novel for the 1938 film ''Heroes of the Marne''. He also contributed to the 1948 operetta ''Imperial Violets (operetta), Imperial Violets''.Let ...

, directed by Jacques Clancy * 1957 : ''La Corniflorette'' by André Ransan, directed by Jean-Jacques Daubin * 1958 : '' Le Bossu'' after Paul Féval, adaptation Guy Haurey, directed by

Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois. Partial filmography * '' Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncre ...

* 1958 : ''Prométhée 48'' by Roger Garaudy

References

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Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...