Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) - Le farfadet (1852)

Joyeux anniversaire Adolphe-Charles Adam! 🎭🥂 Composer: Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) Work: Le farfadet (1852) Performers: Janine Capderou (1932-1993, mezzosoprano); Lina Dachary (1922-1999, soprano); Joseph Peyron (1912-1976, tenor); Bernard Plantey (1925-1998, baritone); Bernard Demigny (baritone) Orcheste Lyrique de L’ORTF; Robert Benеdеtti (conductor) 1. Ouverture 0:00 2. Pour Finir Gaiement 2:57 3. Ce Vieux Moulin Est Faix Express 8:11 4. Il Me Calitait Et Me Repatait 15:17 5. Personne En Bas Dans Le Moulin 17:34 6. Que La Peu Est Imbecile 22:21 7. Ah C’est De La Mage 27:06 8. Que Peu’Il Nous Ecrire 33:26 Painting: Christian Ferdinand Christensen (1805-1883) - Det indvendige af Det kgl. teater under fremstillingen af Jacob v. Thyboe HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Adolphe (Adolf, Adolph) Charles Adam [Adan] (Paris, 24 July 1803 - Paris, 3 May 1856) French composer. His father Jean Louis Adam (1758-1848) was a pianist, composer and teacher. Adolphe Adam was not encouraged by his father to become a musician but, influenced by his friendship with Ferdinand Hérold, he decided at an early age that he wished to compose, and specifically, theatre music. He first studied the piano with Henry Lemoine, and at 17 entered the Conservatoire, where he studied the organ with François Benoist, counterpoint with Anton Reicha and composition with François-Adrien Boieldieu, the chief architect of his musical development. In 1825 he won a 2nd prize in the Prix de Rome with his cantata ’Ariane a Naxos’. His first successful stage score was the opera-comique ’Pierre et Catherine’ (1829). He achieved his first great success with his opera-comique ’Le chalet’ (1834). It was followed by the even more successful opera-comique ’Le postillon de Lonjumeau’ (1836). His most celebrated score, the ballet ’Giselle, ou Les Wilis’ (1841), has remained a repertory staple for over 150 years. In 1844 he was made a member of the Institut de France. He founded the Opera-National in Paris in 1847, which was forced to close as a result of the revolutionary events of 1848. He was left bankrupt and was forced to take up music journalism to eke out a living. In 1849 he obtained the post of professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire which he held until his death. The opera comique ’Si j’etais roi’ (1852) proved one of his finest late works. His operetta ’Les pantins de Violette’ was premiered at the Paris Bouffes-Parisiens on 29 April 1856, just 4 days before his death. As a composer, he was mainly praised by his over than 80 stage works but he also left several cantates and masses, more than 65 songs, and over 200 light works such as potpourris and fantasias on operatic airs or melodies.