Richard Cœur-de-lion (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃaʁ kœʁ də ljɔ̃], Richard the Lionheart) is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by...
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Opéra comique (French: [ɔpeʁa kɔmik]; plural: opéras comiques) is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the...
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The Opéra-Comique (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa kɔmik]) is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian...
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Coeur-de-lion (opera), a French-language opéra comique by André Grétry first performed in 1784 Richard Coeur de Lion (play), a 1786 English-language semi-opera by...
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André Grétry (category Directors of the Conservatoire de Paris)
the people to the expression of loyalty borrowed from Grétry's opera. Richard Cœur de Lion was translated and adapted for the English stage by John Burgoyne...
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assortment of stage works, notably opéra comique. Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, his father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges, was a wealthy, white...
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well as his comic works. His greatest success was Richard Cœur-de-lion (1784). Other opéra-comique composers were: Nicolas Dalayrac (Nina, ou La Folle...
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"rescue opera", Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784), which achieved international popularity, reaching London in 1786 and Boston in 1797. While opéra comique flourished...
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Théâtre Lyrique (redirect from Opéra National Lyrique)
one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century (the other three being the Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien)...
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sociétaire. She became a star of the Comédie Italienne (which became the Opéra-Comique), where she created over 60 roles. She was married to the actor Jean-Henri...
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rescue opera was an outgrowth of the French bourgeois opéra comique; musically, it began a new tradition that would influence German Romantic opera and French...
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Jean Elleviou (category French opera librettists)
1795 to 1797, then returned to Paris, appearing at the newly renamed Opéra-Comique. He retired in 1813, after Napoléon I refused to increase his already...
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in Belgian opéra comique Richard Coeur-de-lion Laurette, in French opéra comique La chanson de Fortunio Laurette, in Italian opéra comique Le peintre...
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Gabriel Soulacroix (category 19th-century French male opera singers)
an opéra-comique by Jean Urich (2 May 1879, Julien), The magic flute in French, (January to April 1880, Papageno), La Bernoise, an opéra comique by Emile...
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Clairval (category French opera librettists)
corrigés (part of Germival), comedy in verse by La Chabeaussière 1784: Richard Cœur-de-Lion, (part of Blondel, in which he excelled), by Grétry 1785: L'amant...
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Eustase Thomas-Salignac (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
Strengthened by this viaticum, he began in 1893 at the Opéra-Comique in Richard Cœur-de-Lion. The following season, his career took on an international...
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Academy and the Opéra-Comique were at the top of the hierarchy; followed by the Théâtre de lEmpereur, the new Opera buffa of the Théâtre de l'Impératrice...
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the Opéra-Comique for ten years. In 1881 she sang Angèle in Le Domino noir, and the title role in Haydée in 1882. She was billed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie...
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Michel-Jean Sedaine (category French opera librettists)
French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement...
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Esther Chevalier (category 19th-century French women opera singers)
aux clercs, Laurette in Richard Coeur-de-lion and Rita in Zampa. Chevalier sang the title role of Carmen at the Opéra-Comique in 1892, having previously...
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This is a complete list of the operas by André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813). Sources Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste'...
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Caroline Girard (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
d’amours perdues by Mozart/Shakespeare in 1863. Moving in 1863 to the Opéra-Comique, where she was described as a 'dugazon', she made her debut there as...
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sur l'opéra de Halévy Op. 24 Scherzo No. 2 Op. 25 Richard, Cœur de lion. Étude mélodique sur l'opéra de Gretry Op. 26 Richard, Cœur de lion. Impromptu...
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Étienne Troy (category 20th-century French male opera singers)
French baritone opera singer who took numerous small roles in Paris for over 40 years and was later a stage manager at the Opéra-Comique. The son of a hatter...
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French Revolution in 1989. His new production of Richard Cœur de Lion by Grétry was staged at the opera house in Nancy and Lorraine. For the opening of...
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La fée Urgèle (category Opéras comiques)
other operas such as André Grétry's Aucassin et Nicolette (1779) and Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784). The opera was revived at the Opéra Comique for 8 performances...
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noblewoman Benjamin Britten: Gloriana King Richard I "Coeur de Lion" of England André Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion George Frideric Handel: Riccardo Primo...
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Azor', opéra de Grétry Op. 113 - La Servante maîtresse, opéra comique de Pergolèse, Fantaisie Op. 114 - La sonnambula, opéra de Bellini, Fantaisie de concert...
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Léon Melchissédec (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
he made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 16 July 1866 in Cohen's José Maria. Remaining at the Opéra-Comique until 1877, Melchissédec’s repertoire...
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Barnolt (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
at the Opéra-Comique on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in Zampa and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the Opéra-Comique". He sang...
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