Adolphe Charles Adam (French:[adɔlfadɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" (Midnight, Christians, 1844, known in English as "O Holy Night").
Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in Paris in competition with the Opéra and Opéra-Comique. He recovered, and extended his activities to journalism and teaching. He was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, France's principal music academy.
Together with his older contemporary Daniel Auber and his teacher Adrien Boieldieu, Adam is credited with creating the later Romantic French form of opera.
Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre...
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by Arcangelo Corelli, 1994 Corroboree, John Antill, 1950 Le Corsaire, AdolpheAdam, 1856 Corybantic Games, to music by Leonard Bernstein, 2018 La Création...
operatic repertoire is D5, found in "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire" from AdolpheAdam's Le postillon de Lonjumeau and "Loin de son amie" from Fromental Halévy's...
written in 1843 by poet Placide Cappeau, it was set to music by composer AdolpheAdam in 1847. The English version, with small changes to the initial melody...
she was a prima ballerina who danced the titular character Giselle by AdolpheAdam. Having met director Joss Whedon in Angel, Glau was later cast in Whedon's...
is a romantic ballet ("ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by AdolpheAdam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it...
Lord Byron. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of AdolpheAdam and other composers, it was first presented by the ballet of the Théâtre...
list of the complete ballets of the French opera and ballet composer AdolpheAdam (1803–1856). La Chatte blanche. English-style pantomime in 1 act (composed...
corsaro (1848) by Giuseppe Verdi; and the ballet Le Corsaire (1856) by AdolpheAdam. The poem inspired the overture Le Corsaire (1845) by Hector Berlioz...
and choreography by Natalia Makarova Albrect. Giselle with music by AdolpheAdam Nutcracker Prince.The Nutcracker with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
after Jean Coralli and J. Perrot). Staged with Jules Perrot. Music by AdolpheAdam and Cesare Pugni. 7 February [O.S. 26 January] 1850. Le Corsaire (revival...
fille du Danube (1836) – choreography by Filippo Taglioni; music by AdolpheAdam Le diable amoureux (1840) – choreography by Joseph Mazilier; music by...
Jeffrey Adam Gutt (born May 2, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who has been the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots since November 2017. He...
The Sadler's Wells Ballet: A history and an appreciation. London, England: Adam and Charles Black Ltd. OCLC 752903719. Crosby, John (16 December 1955). "Out...
impression on him as a child and whose scoring he studied assiduously; and AdolpheAdam, whose ballet Giselle was a favorite of his from his student days and...
Grisi. Created the title role of Giselle (Jules Perrot, Jean Coralli and AdolpheAdam. 1841). Created the dual role of Peri/Leila in the oriental La Péri (Jean...
Tchaikovsky most admired the ballet music of such composers as Léo Delibes, AdolpheAdam, and later, Riccardo Drigo. He would later write to his protégé, the...
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