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'''Alphonse Royer''', (10 September 1803 – 11 April 1875) was an [[author]], [[libretto|librettist]] and [[theatre director|theatre manager]], notable for writing (with his regular collaborator, [[Gustave Vaëz]]) the librettos for [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s opera ''[[La favorite]]'' and [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s ''[[Jérusalem]]. |
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==Librettos== |
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'''Alphonse Royer''', (10 September 1876 – 11 April 1967) was an [[author]], [[composer]] and [[journalist]] from [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>[François-Joseph Fétis, Arthur Pougin, Biographie universelle des musiciens, et bibliographie générale de la musique: Supplément et complément, vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1881, p. 457.]</ref> |
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Other works by Royer and Vaëz include French translations of ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' and ''[[Otello]]'', and the libretto of the [[Rossini]] [[pastiche]], ''[[Robert Bruce (opera)|Robert Bruce]]''. |
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==Sources== |
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==Musical compositions== |
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*{{cite book | last = Sadie| first = Stanley (ed)| authorlink =Stanley Sadie | year = 1992| title = The [[New Grove Dictionary of Opera]], vol. 4, p. 76| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| id = ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2}} |
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The most notable works by Royer include: |
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*Lucie de Lamermoor |
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*La Favorite |
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*Othello |
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*Don Pasquale |
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*Jérusalem (i Lombardi) |
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*Robert Bruce |
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Revision as of 21:43, 13 June 2010
Alphonse Royer, (10 September 1803 – 11 April 1875) was an author, librettist and theatre manager, notable for writing (with his regular collaborator, Gustave Vaëz) the librettos for Gaetano Donizetti's opera La favorite and Giuseppe Verdi's Jérusalem.
Librettos
Other works by Royer and Vaëz include French translations of Lucia di Lammermoor and Otello, and the libretto of the Rossini pastiche, Robert Bruce.
Sources
- Sadie, Stanley (ed) (1992). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 4, p. 76. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.
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