Camille Erlanger (25 May 186324 April 1919) was a French

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. He studied at the

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under

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(composition), Georges Mathias (piano), as well as Émile Durand and Antoine Taubon (harmony). In 1888 he won the

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for his cantata ''Velléda''. His most famous opera, '' Le Juif polonais'', was produced at the

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in 1900. Erlanger died in

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and was buried in the

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. A street in

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, Avenue Erlanger, is named after Erlanger. The opera ''L'Aube rouge'' was revived at the Wexford Festival (2023) directed by Guillaume Tourniaire and Christophe Manien. Broadcast in November on Raidió Teilifís Éireann and

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. A concert version of ''La Sorcière'' was given on December 12, 2023 in Geneva's Victoria Hall, again conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire., and was recorded for a CD on the B.records label, released on October 4, 2024:
on Forum Opéra.

Works

* ''Velléda'', scène lyrique (1888), given at the Concerts Colonne in 1889 * ''La Légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier'', légende dramatique in three acts and seven tableaux, after the story by

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, (1888) * ''Kermaria'', drame lyrique in three acts, libretto by Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi,

8 February 1897 * ''Faublas'', libretto by Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi, 1897 * '' Le Juif polonais'', after a novel by Erckmann-Chatrian, Opéra-Comique, 11 April 1900 * ''Le Fils de l'étoile'', drame musical in five acts, libretto by Catulle Mendès, 20 April 1904,

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* ''La Glu'', drame lyrique after the novel by Jean Richepin * ''Aphrodite'', drame musical in five acts and seven tableaux after the novel by Pierre Louÿs, adaptation by Louis de Gramont, 23 (or 27 ?) March 1906, Opéra-Comique * ''Bacchus triomphant'', 11 September 1909,

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* '' L'aube rouge'', 29 December 1911,

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* ''Hannele Mattern'', rêve lyrique in five acts (1911), libretto by Jean Thorel and Louis-Ferdinand de Gramont (1854–1912) after the drama ''Hanneles Himmelfahrt'' by Gerhart Hauptmann, 28 January 1950,

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(Opéra du Rhin) * ''La Sorcière'', 18 December 1912, Paris * ''Le Barbier de Deauville'', 1917 * ''La Forfaiture'', 1921, Paris ''La Forfaiture'', based on the 1915 film '' The Cheat'', is the first opera to be based on a film scenario.

Notes

References

* Forbes, Elizabeth (1992), 'Erlanger, Camille' in ''The

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'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

External links

* Jewish classical composers French opera composers French male opera composers 19th-century French Jews 1863 births 1919 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Conservatoire de Paris alumni Pupils of Georges Mathias Composers from Paris Prix de Rome for composition {{France-composer-stub