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Biography

Born under the Ancien Régime in Rouen, Boieldieu received his musical education first from the choirmaster and then from the organist of the local cathedral. The French Revolution did not put a stop to musical activity in Rouen's theatre, which continued to present the works of young composers such as Étienne Méhul. During the Reign of Terror, Rouen was one of the few towns to maintain a significant musical life and in 1793 a series of concerts was organised featuring the celebrated violinist Piere Rode and the tenor Pierre-Jean Garat. It was during this time that Boieldieu composed his earliest works to texts written by his father (La fille coupable in 1793, followed by Rosalie and Mirza in 1795). They brought him immediate success. Ancien Régime, a French term meaning Former Regime, but rendered in English as Old Rule, Old Order, or simply Old Regime, refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Entrance to Rouen Cathedral Rouen Cathedral, Full Sunlight, by Claude Monet, 1894 Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen) is a Gothic cathedral in Rouen, in northwestern France. ... Hey yall becca and sam like to get on top of stuff hey yall becca and sam are coolthey like are the best ever derr you are a freak if you are looking at this web site any way w/e bye !(1789–1799) but Kourtnie and Lora Cooler was... Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ... A Phrygian cap from 1790s France, it reads: The Reign of Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794) or simply The Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period in the French Revolution characterized by brutal repression. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

During the Revolutionary period, Boieldieu left for Paris and wisely started work as a piano tuner. At this time, the Opéra-Comique was the only theatre to offer opportunities for the hybrid works of the same name, close to classic opera, but containing spoken dialogue. The most typical work of the genre was Cherubini's Médée (1797). Opéra-comique, traditionally performed at the Salle Favart, was also staged at the Théâtre de Monsieur from 1789. In 1791, the company set up home in a new theatre, the Théâtre Feydeau, previously reserved for the troupe of the opera buffa. Over the course of ten years, the Favart and the Feydeau companies were rivals, the Favart beefing up its repertoire of patriotic spectacles and presenting the lighter works of Méhul, the Feydeau offering the heroic dramas of Cherubini or Jean-François Lesueur. In 1797, Boieldieu offered the Feydeau La famille suisse and L'heureuse nouvelle. In 1798, he presented the Favart with Zoraime et Zulmare, which brought him extraordinary success. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Opéra comique is a French style of opera that is a partial counterpart to the Italian opera buffa. ... Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (September 14, 1760 – March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Comic opera. ... Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817) was a French composer. ... Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (September 14, 1760 – March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. ...

The spiritual heir of Grétry, Boieldieu focussed on melodies which avoided too much ornamentation, set to light but intelligent orchestration. Berlioz described his music as possessing "a pleasing and tasteful Parisian elegance". In 1800, he scored a veritable triumph with Le Calife de Bagdad. In 1804, he set off for Saint Petersburg to take up the post of court composer to the tsar, where he stayed until 1810. There he composed nine operas, including Aline, reine de Golconde (1804) et Les voitures versées (1808). On his return to France he won back Parisian audiences with La jeune femme en colère (1811), Jean de Paris (1812), Le nouveau seigneur du village (1813) and a dozen other works. André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ... Portrait of Berlioz by Signol, 1832 Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie Fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Requiem of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...

In 1825 he produced his masterpiece, La dame blanche (revived in the Salle Favart in 1997 and recorded by the conductor Marc Minkowski). Unusual for the time, La dame blanche was based on episodes from two novels by Walter Scott. The libretto by Eugène Scribe is built around the theme of the long lost child fortunately recognized at a moment of peril. The style of the opera influenced Lucia di Lammermoor, I puritani and La jolie fille de Perth. La dame blanche was one of the first attempts to introduce the fantastic into opera. It was also a model for works such as Meyerbeer's Robert le diable and Gounod's Faust. La dame blanche (The White Lady) is an opera in three acts by French composer François-Adrien Boïeldieu. ... Marc Minkowski is a French conductor of mostly baroque works and french neoclassical music, he was born in Paris in 1962. ... Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. ... Augustin Eugène Scribe (December 24, 1791 - February 20, 1861), was a French dramatist and librettist. ... Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 - May 2, 1864) was a noted opera composer. ... Robert Francois Damiens (1715 - 1757), was Frenchman who attained notoriety by his unsuccessful assassination attempt on Louis XV of France in 1757. ... Categories: Stub | 1818 births | 1893 deaths | Opera composers | Romantic composers | French musicians ... Faust, Charles Gounods operatic retelling of the Faust legend, debuted at the Théatre-Lyrique on 19 March 1859. ...

Although his reputation is largely based upon his operas, Boieldieu also composed other works. Among them was his Harp Concerto in C written in 1800-1801. It is one of the masterpieces of the harp repertory.

Boieldieu became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire and in 1817 he succeeded Méhul as one of the forty members of the Académie française, one of the elite elected to the French Academy. He received the Légion d'honneur in 1820. His next opera, Les deux nuits (1829) was admired by Richard Wagner who praised "the vivacity and the natural grace of the French spirit » and who found inspiration in one of the marches for the Bridal Chorus in Lohengrin. Conservatoire de Paris, or Paris Conservatoire, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Lohengrin is a romantic opera (or music drama) in three acts by Richard Wagner. ...

Boieldieu gradually lost the ability to speak, no doubt due to cancer of the larynx. The bankruptcy of the Opéra-Comique and the revolution of 1830 added to his woes. To save him from poverty, Adolphe Thiers awarded him a state pension of 6,000 francs. On September 25, 1834, he made his last public appearance at the premiere of Adolphe Adam's Le chalet. In this way, shortly before his death, he stylishly passed on the baton to his brilliant pupil. Boieldieu was buried in the celebrated Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. A caricature of Adolphe Thiers charging on the Paris Commune, published in Le Père Duchêne illustré Louis Adolphe Thiers (April 16, 1797–September 3, 1877) was a French statesman and historian. ... Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. ... Looking down the hill at the Père Lachaise cemetery The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ...

Perspective

As an artist born under the Ancien Régime, François Adrien Boieldieu learnt his craft during the Terror, won fame during Napoleon's Consulate and Empire, was honored by the Bourbons, and then ruined by the July Revolution. He remains the principal French opera composer of the first quarter of the 19th century. His influence on opera long outlived him. This article or section should include material from France: Wars of Religion _ Bourbon Dynasty The House of Bourbon dates from at least the beginning of the 13th century, when the estate of Bourbon was ruled by a Lord, vassal of France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

List of operas

• La fille coupable (1793)
• Rosalie et Myrza (1795)
• La famille suisse (1797)
• L'heureuse nouvelle (1797)
• Le pari, ou Mombreuil et Merville (1797)
• Zoraïme et Zulnar (1798)
• Le dot de Suzette (1798)
• Les méprises espagnoles (1799)
• Emma, ou La prisionière (1799)
• Béniovski, ou Les exilés du Kamchattka (1800)
• Le calife de Baghdad (1800)
• Ma tante Aurore ou Le roman impromptu (1803)
• Le baiser et la quittance, ou Une aventure de garnison (1803)
• Aline, reine de Golconde (1804)
• La jeune femme colère (1805)
• Abderkan (1805)
• Un tour de soubrette (1806)
• Télémaque (1806)
• Amour et mystère, ou Lequel est mon cousin? (1807)
• Les voitures versées (Le séducteur en voyage) (1808)
• La dame invisible (1808)
• Rien de trop, ou Les deux paravents (1810)
• Jean de Paris (1812)
• Le nouveau Seigneur de village (1813)
• Bayard à Mézières, ou Le siège de Mézières (1814)
• Le Béarnais, ou Henri IV en voyage (1814)
• Angéla, ou L'atelier de Jean Cousin (1814)
• La fête du village voisin (1816)
• Charles de France, ou Amour et gloire (1816)
• Le petit chaperon rouge (1818)
• Les arts rivaux (1821)
• Blanche de Provence, ou La cour des fées (1821)
• La France et l'Espagne (1823)
• Les trois genres (1824)
• Pharamond (1824)
• La dame blanche (1825)
• Les deux nuits (1829)
• La marquise de Brinvilliers (1831)

La dame blanche (The White Lady) is an opera in three acts by French composer François-Adrien Boïeldieu. ...

Sources

• Translation of Boieldieu entry from French Wikipedia
• François Adrien Boieldieu on Find a Grave site