Claude Terrasse

Claude Terrasse

Claude Terrasse (27 January 1867 – 30 June 1923) was a French composer of operettas.

Claude Terrasse was considered by some as the true successor to Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy.

Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, Rhône. He became known by writing the music for the play Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry in 1896. In Paris his brother-in-law, the painter Pierre Bonnard, introduced him to the artistic world and the avant-garde literature and art of the time. Bonnard also did several portraits of him.

Claude Terrasse died in Paris, and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.

Works

• La petite femme de Loth – opera buffa in 3 acts – libretto by Tristan Bernard (first presented at the Théâtre des Mathurins, Paris; 1 October 1900)
• Les travaux d'Hercule – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris; 7 March 1901)
• Monsieur de la Palisse – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Paris; 2 November 1904)
• Le sire de Vergy – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 16 April 1903)
• Le mariage de Télémaque – comic opera in 5 acts – libretto by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay – (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 4 May 1910)
• Les lucioles – ballet by Mme. Mariquita – (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 28 December 1910)
• Pantagruel – opera in 5 acts – libretto by Alfred Jarry and Eugène Demolder (30 January 1911)
• Miss Alice des P.T.T. musical comedy in 3 acts – lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire – (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; 14 December 1912)
• Faust en ménage – lyric fantasy in one act – libretto by Albert Carré – (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; 5 January 1924)
• Vive la France! – Trilogie à grand spectacle (trilogy of a great spectacle) – libretto by Franc-Nohain – (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; 29 March 1898)

External links

• Claude Terrasse on data.bnf.fr
• Free scores by Claude Terrasse at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Website (in French) devoted to Claude Terrasse