Léon Carvalho (18 January 1825 – 29 December 1897) was a French impresario and stage director. Born Léon Carvaille in Port Louis, British Mauritius, he...
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Théâtre Lyrique (section 1856–1860: Léon Carvalho)
1855 – 20 February 1856) Léon Carvalho (20 February 1856 – 1 April 1860) Charles Réty (1 April 1860 – 4 October 1862) Léon Carvalho (7 October 1862 – May...
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Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto aka Laura Rizzotto, Latvian-Brazilian musician Léon Carvalho, French impresario and stage director Leticia Carvalho (born 1973)...
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Marie Cabel (section Léon Carvalho)
relieving Miolan-Carvalho, who was then able to return to Paris and perform in Gounod's Faust. After this Cabel turned down Léon Carvalho's offer for the...
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four months before the opening. Shortly before he died, he wrote to Léon Carvalho: "Hâtez-vous de monter mon opéra. Il ne me reste plus longtemps à vivre...
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From My Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin) in 1869. On a commission from Léon Carvalho, the author transformed the story in 1872 into a play in three acts...
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Carbonne Carlos (for children) Eugène Caron Michel Caron Marguerite Carré Léon Carvalho Maya Casabianca Cécile Cassel Armand Castelmary Dimie Cat Jean Cathala...
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people by asphyxiation. The building was destroyed and the director Léon Carvalho was forced to resign, although later he was acquitted of blame and resumed...
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opportunities for young native talent. Bizet's professional relationship with Léon Carvalho, manager of the independent Théâtre Lyrique company, enabled him to...
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Troyens à Carthage, the last three acts were premièred with many cuts by Léon Carvalho's company, the Théâtre Lyrique, at their theatre (now the Théâtre de...
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Nilsson free in 1864 to accept an offer from Caroline Miolan-Carvalho and her husband Léon Carvalho, prima donna and manager respectively of the Théâtre Lyrique...
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1859 and 1868) and this led to a further commission from the director Léon Carvalho. Behind the scenes there were difficulties in casting the lead tenor...
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have become some of Bizet's most popular compositions. In July 1872, Léon Carvalho, the new director of the Théâtre du Vaudeville, having previously collaborated...
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completing it in 1887. He submitted it to Léon Carvalho, the director of the Paris Opéra-Comique, that year, but Carvalho declined to accept it on the grounds...
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Delibes' opera Lakmé was premiered at the Opéra-Comique on 14 April 1883. Léon Carvalho, the manager, was not known for extravagance in his productions, but...
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Subsequently, Achard was hired by the Théâtre-Lyrique, then directed by Léon Carvalho. There he interpreted Tobias, alongside Pauline Lauters, in Le Billet...
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and 1868 to 1885, Miolan-Carvalho sang in Paris at the Opéra-Comique as Caroline Carvalho. In 1853, she married Léon Carvalho, a French impresario and...
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first performed. The manager of the Théâtre Lyrique, Léon Carvalho cast his wife Caroline Miolan-Carvalho as Marguerite and there were various changes during...
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left a tip for the writers to create more. Although commissioned by Léon Carvalho in 1866 and completed by Bizet by the end of that year (with the soprano...
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operated intermittently in various premises under its resourceful manager Léon Carvalho. This company had staged the first performances of Gounod's Faust and...
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version and resisted proposals by Viardot and the theatre's director Léon Carvalho to modernize the orchestration. In the end Camille Saint-Saëns, who...
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arisen from further alterations made by the Théâtre Lyrique's director, Léon Carvalho, which included the insertion in act 4 of Flotow's baritone aria "Depuis...
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new name, Théâtre Lyrique, and its new director, Léon Carvalho, with his wife Caroline Miolan-Carvalho as Zora, and again in 1863–64 at their new theatre...
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rehearsals proceeded, Bizet was approached by Léon Carvalho, manager of the independent Théâtre Lyrique company. Carvalho had been offered an annual grant of 100...
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was required. He went ahead to advise the impresario of the Lyrique, Léon Carvalho, that more time was needed and urged patience: "I am labouring, labouring...
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initial period on the Place du Châtelet, it was under the direction of Léon Carvalho and gave the premieres of Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles (1863), Berlioz's...
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originally intended as a grand opera. When the work was accepted by Léon Carvalho for production at the Opéra-Comique, Offenbach agreed to make it an...
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The rehearsals were fraught, with the director of the Opéra Comique, Léon Carvalho, constantly interrupting the performers over movements, actions, even...
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Théâtre-Lyrique Libretto: Jules Adenis Music: Adrien Barthe Mise en scène : Léon Carvalho Lithographs : Pierre-Auguste Lamy Décorateurs: Joseph Thierry et Charles-Antoine...
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it ended up being premiered in an expanded form in February 1860 by Léon Carvalho at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. To compensate Bénazet for his loss...
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