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Zémire et Azor

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(Zémire and Azor) is an opéra comique, described as a comédie-ballet mêlée de chants et de danses, in four acts by the Belgian composer André Grétry. [1]

29 relations: André Grétry, Baritone, Beauty and the Beast, Bielefeld Opera, Bird vocalization, Catherine the Great, Clairval, Coloratura, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Edgar Doneux, Fontainebleau, Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre), Her Majesty's Theatre, Jean-François Marmontel, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, John Dew (director), Joseph Caillot, Mady Mesplé, Marie-Thérèse Laruette, Opéra comique, Opéra-Comique, RTBF, Saint Petersburg, Soprano, Stanley Sadie, Tenor, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Thomas Beecham, Voice type.

André Grétry

André Ernest Modeste Grétry (baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins (The Young American and Marine Tales).

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Bielefeld Opera

The Bielefeld Opera is the venue of Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld (Municipal Theatre Bielefeld) in Bielefeld, Germany.

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Bird vocalization

Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs.

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Catherine the Great

Catherine II (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Yekaterina Alekseyevna; –), also known as Catherine the Great (Екатери́на Вели́кая, Yekaterina Velikaya), born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader.

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Clairval

Clairval, real name Jean-Baptiste Guignard, (27 April 1735, Étampes – 1795, Paris) was an 18th-century French operatic singer (tenor), comedian and librettist.

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Coloratura

The word coloratura is originally from Italian, literally meaning "coloring", and derives from the Latin word colorare ("to color").

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Drottningholm Palace Theatre

The Drottningholm Palace Theatre (Drottningholms slottsteater) is an opera house located at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Edgar Doneux

Edgard Doneux (Liège, 25 March 1920 – 31 January 1984, Anderlecht) was a Belgian conductor.

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Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.

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Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre)

Hôtel de Bourgogne was the name of a former theatre, built in 1548 for the first authorized theatre troupe in Paris, the Confrérie de la Passion.

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Her Majesty's Theatre

Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London.

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Jean-François Marmontel

Jean-François Marmontel (11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799) was a French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.

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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 17118 September 1780) was a French author who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast.

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John Dew (director)

John Dew (born 1944) is a British opera director.

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Joseph Caillot

Joseph Caillot (Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris, 24 January 1733 – Paris, 30 September 1816) was a French actor and singer He was endowed with a very wide compass which enabled him to sing as a basse taille (bass-baritone), but also to reach up to the haute-contre tones.

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Mady Mesplé

Mady Mesplé (born 7 March 1931) is a French opera singer, the leading high coloratura soprano of her generation in France, sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin.

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Marie-Thérèse Laruette

Marie-Thérèse Laruette (1744 –1837) was an 18th-century French opera singer.

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Opéra comique

Opéra comique (plural: opéras comiques) is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias.

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Opéra-Comique

The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs.

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RTBF

Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Stanley Sadie

Stanley John Sadie, CBE (30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject.

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Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras.

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Voice type

A voice type classifies a singing voice by vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, vocal transition points (passaggia) like breaks and lifts, and vocal register.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zémire_et_Azor

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