Auguste Mermet
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Auguste Mermet was a French
opera
composer.
, La Bannière du roi, which was performed at Versailles
. Alexandre Soumet
then accepted to transform for him his tragedy about Saul into a libretto of drame lyrique. Auguste Mermet composed the score of this work, which was performed without success at the Opera in 1846 under the title of Le Roi David. His Roland à Ronceveaux, for which he composed the lyrics and the music was staged in 1864 after Napoléon III imposed the opera on the management of the theater. In such circumstances, Roland enjoyed some success. Mermet also wrote the poem and the music for Jeanne d'Arc, an opera in four acts performed in 1876 and which was a failure.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
composer.
Biography
In Mermet's youth, he composed an opéra-comiqueOpéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the...
, La Bannière du roi, which was performed at Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
. Alexandre Soumet
Alexandre Soumet
Alexandre Soumet was a French poet.-Biography:Alexandre Soumet was born at Castelnaudary, département of Aude. His love of poetry began at a early age. He was an admirer of Klopstock and Schiller, then little known in France...
then accepted to transform for him his tragedy about Saul into a libretto of drame lyrique. Auguste Mermet composed the score of this work, which was performed without success at the Opera in 1846 under the title of Le Roi David. His Roland à Ronceveaux, for which he composed the lyrics and the music was staged in 1864 after Napoléon III imposed the opera on the management of the theater. In such circumstances, Roland enjoyed some success. Mermet also wrote the poem and the music for Jeanne d'Arc, an opera in four acts performed in 1876 and which was a failure.
Works
- La Bannière du roi (April 1835, VersaillesVersaillesVersailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
) - Le Roi David (June 3, 1846, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) - Roland à Roncevaux (October 3, 1864, Paris)
- Jeanne d'Arc (April 5, 1876, Paris)