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    scene. In the following Mélodrame (№ 8) Balthazar and l’Innocent enter, and the next (№ 9) marks the exit of Rose. The mélodrame № 10 accompanies the discovery...
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    Melodrama (redirect from Mélodrame)
    [citation needed] The term originated from the early 19th-century French word mélodrame. It is derived from Greek μέλος mélos, "song, strain" (compare "melody"...
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    L'Étrangleur s'excite by Éric Naggar, staging Jean Rochefort, Théâtre Hébertot 1985: Boulevard du mélodrame by Juan Pineiro and Alfredo Arias, staging Alfredo Arias...
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    Féerie (category Theatre of France)
    by a new auditorium built specifically for spectacle, the Théâtre du Châtelet. The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, originally designed for opera productions...
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  • (with Bonel and Claude-Jean Bédéno fils), Théâtre de la Gaîté 1803: Ardres sauvée, ou les Rambures, mélodrame héroïque et historique in 3 acts, extravaganza...
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    Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue for the genre of mélodrame. In 1862, the theatre moved to the rue de Bondy and the repertoire developed more...
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  • Mercure de France 1971: Mélodrame, theatre, Éditions Gallimard 1971: Les Eoliennes, novel, Mercure de France 1973: Le Grand Théâtre, novel, Mercure de France...
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    premiere of Bizet's Carmen in 1875; Bizet composed three versions of the mélodrame in Act 1 for Duvernoy. According to Malherbe, he had a relatively soft...
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  • important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Gaité, Théâtre du Vaudeville, etc. 1795: Le Passage du Waal...
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    mélodrame with text by Coffin-Rosny, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 10 March 1798. Adelson et Salvini, a 3- act mélodrame with...
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  • comédie en vaudeville, with Armand Gouffé, Théâtre Montansier, 8 February 1806; L'Oiseau bleu, mélodrame-féerie in 2 acts and 8 scenes, mingled with...
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    (Introduction and Melodrame) opens the work. Public Opinion explains who she is – the guardian of morality ("Qui suis-je? du Théâtre Antique"). She says...
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    Melodrama itself can be traced back to classical Greece, but the term mélodrame did not appear until 1766 and only entered popular usage sometime after...
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  • with Jean-Jacques Duperche, Paris, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 27 November 1817. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, mélodrame-féerie in 3 acts, in prose, with...
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    (Jacquot, Pierrette) Mélodrame Quatuor et Ronde savoyarde « Allons les gars et les filles » (Pierrette, Jacquot, Patacha, Durand) Mélodrame Duetto de la Lettre...
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  • most famous Parisian theatres of the 19th century including the Théâtre de la Gaité, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre des Nouveautés. 1829:...
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    at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin and the most important Parisian stages of his times. 1817: Traité du mélodrame, with Abel...
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    one-act opera (1922) Oedipus rex, 2-act opera-oratorio (1927) Perséphone, mélodrame for speaker, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1933) The Rake's Progress...
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    (these aspects were already familiar to Parisian audiences from ballet and mélodrame). Additionally, the historic setting, liberal political implications,...
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  • Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris on 3 December 1874. Jacques Offenbach, director of the theatre, composed extensive incidental...
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    Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (category French theatre managers and producers)
    Vieux Château, musique de Domenico Della-Maria, créé le 25 ventôse an VI, théâtre Feydeau ; L'Oncle valet, musique de Domenico Della-Maria, créé le 18 frimaire...
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    important Parisian stages, including: Théâtre de l'Ambigu, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and Théâtre de l'Odéon. 1815 : Lettres à mon...
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    méprise les femmes pour ne pas les aimer car autrement la vie serait un mélodrame trop ridicule" ("My friend, I despise women to avoid loving them because...
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    Doctor in spite of himself) (Opéra comique in three acts, premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique on 15 January 1858). Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré...
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    Amédée de Jallais (category French theatre managers and producers)
    this theatre on 22 May 1871, of the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs. Administrator dof the Théâtre Déjazet (1874–1875), general secretary of the Théâtre de la...
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    (Hoffmann, Nicklausse). 34. Mélodrame (Musique-de-scène). 35. Chanson du Diamant: "Tourne, tourne, miroir" (Dappertutto). 36. Mélodrame (Musique-de-scène). 37...
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  • Bisnagar : mélodrame en 3 actes en prose Héloïse anglaise, drame en vers joué pour la première fois en 1778, et ensuite, en 1787, au théâtre Italien. La...
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    René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (category French theatre directors)
    self-edited Théâtre choisi omits the first accent. The X was pronounced S. W. G. Hartog, Guilbert de Pixerécourt : sa vie, son mélodrame, sa technique...
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    imitated from Danish, Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 5 February 1801 L'Hermite de Saverne, tableau en mélodrame des mœurs du XIVe siècle, in 3...
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  • Schubert (60 min) avec Christa Ludwig et Hermann Prey TV Bavaroise 1979: Mélodrame ce soir (58 min) Archives TV FR3 / INA 1980: La liberté de l'esprit (2...
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