désiré, alexandre, batton, january, 1798, paris, october, 1855, versailles, french, composer, student, luigi, cherubini, conservatoire, paris, composed, operas, cantatas, number, operas, were, seen, théâtre, feydeau, opéra, comique, 1817, took, first, second, . Desire Alexandre Batton January 2 1798 in Paris October 15 1855 in Versailles was a French composer A student of Luigi Cherubini at the Conservatoire de Paris he composed operas and cantatas a number of his operas were seen at the Theatre Feydeau and the Opera Comique In 1817 he took first second price in the Prix de Rome competition for his cantata La Mort d Adonis Desire Alexandre Batton It was after winning the prize and when he became associated with Gioachino Rossini that it is believed he introduced the composer to the romantic poem by Walter Scott The Lady of the Lake which became the basis of the romantic opera La donna del lago 1 In 1842 Batton became inspector of music schools in France and in 1849 he began teaching at the Conservatoire Works editLa Mort d Adonis cantata 1817 La Reconnaissance cantata Le Prisonnier d Etat opera Le camp du drap d or opera La fenetre secrete opera 1818 Velleda opera 1820 Ethelvina opera 1827 La marquise de Brinvilliers opera 1831 Le Remplacant opera 1837References editNotes Gossett p 12 Sources Gossett Philip 1983 La Donna del Lago and the revival of the Rossini opera seria in the booklet accompanying the 1983 Pollini recording nbsp This article about a French composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desire Alexandre Batton amp oldid 1218352581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
