Articles related to "French Opera"

Traces early French opera and the significant contributions of King Louis XIV, Jean Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Auber had a major success in 1831 with Le Philtre, a romantic comedy about village life in the Pays Basque. At lignting speed, Donizetti came out with an Italian version

As part of an experimental project, the English National Opera opens up the behind-the-scenes process of staging an opera through its internet chronicle of Carmen.

Brief biography of Jules Massenet, his life, career, operas and other works. Famous for opera Manon, Le Cid and Thaïs, with the famous intermezzo 'Meditation.'

Guide to the plot, characters and history of Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

French-born, Italian lyric tenor, Roberto Alagna has had a successful international opera career singing French and Lyric Italian operatic roles.

Faust, a French opera by Charles Gounod. Faust opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.

La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) comic opera by Donizetti. Daughter of the Regiment opera plot summary and Daughter of the Regiment character list.

Orphée aux enfers, (Orpheus in the Underworld) Jacques Offenbach's comic operetta. Orpheus in the Underwold plot summary, Orphée aux enfers character list and info.

A short summary of the life and compositions of Eugenie Rocherolle, Connecticut-based Classical Composer.

Pelléas et Mélisande, a French opera by Claude Debussy. Opera plot synopsis, character list, and other Debussy opera information.

French composer Georges Bizet's brief biography - his life and works. Best known for his masterpiece 'Carmen,' one of best-loved operas staged worldwide.

French opera Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information

Le Comte Ory (The Count Ory), a French comic opera by Gioachino Rossini: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Rossini opera information.

Christoph W. Gluck's biography - his life, music and influence on 18th-century operatic reforms.

Brief Biography of composer and teacher Luigi Cherubini - his life, career and works. He significantly contributed to the development of French opera.

Introduction to the opera Carmen of Georges Bizet. Includes opera cast, plot summary and opera cd recommendations.

Brief biography of Antonio Sacchini, Italian Opera composer of the Classical Era best-known for opera seria. Famous for 'Oedipe a Colonne.'

Opera 'Armide' by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot synopsis, character list, and other Gluck opera information.

Guillaume Tell (William Tell), a French opera, by Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell plot summary, William Tell character list, and other Rossini opera information.

Le Comte Ory (Count Ory), an French comic opera, by Gioacchino Rossini: Le Comte Ory plot summary, character list, and other Rossini opera information.

Biography of Molière, dramatist and actor, considered greatest master of French comedy, famous for Tantruffe and Le Misanthrope.

Charlotte Bronte was a great admirer of the work of Lord Byron, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the character of Edward Rochester.

Les Pêcheurs de Perles, (The Pearl Fishers) an opera by Georges Bizet. Pearl Fishers cast of characters, Pearl fishers opera plot, & recommended Bizet Pearl Fishers cds.

The creation of jazz was the result of the unique ethnic and economic circumstances in New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century.