Born in Paris, he made his debut in the theatre at the Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes then at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris. From 1859 to 1865, he was a comedian then theatre manager in the United-States. In 1865, he was hired at the Théâtre du Parc in Brussels, before he briefly managed the two theatres in Lille (northern France). He then was managing director of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1869 to 1891. He was director of the Opéra Garnier from 1 January 1892 until his death in 1899, first in association with Campocasso, and then from 1894, with Pedro Gailhard.[2] At the Opéra he was the first to successfully produce operas by Richard Wagner and also mounted a new production Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila (1892) and gave the first performance of Massenet's Thaïs (1894).[3]
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^"Eugène Bertrand" at the artlyrique.fr website, accessed 4 May 2016.
^Les lettres reçues par lui dans ses différentes fonctions conservées aux Archives nationales sous les cotes AB XIX 4127 à 4129 (Voir la notice dans la salle des inventaires virtuelle des Archives nationales)
eugène, bertrand, january, 1834, december, 1899, french, comedian, theatre, managing, director, opera, house, director, born15, january, 1834parisdied30, december, 1899, 1899, aged, parisoccupation, comedian, theatre, managing, directorsignaturelife, editborn,. Eugene Bertrand 15 January 1834 30 December 1899 was a French comedian theatre managing director and opera house director 1 Eugene BertrandBorn15 January 1834ParisDied30 December 1899 1899 12 30 aged 65 ParisOccupation s Comedian theatre managing directorSignatureLife editBorn in Paris he made his debut in the theatre at the Theatre des Jeunes Artistes then at the Theatre de l Odeon in Paris From 1859 to 1865 he was a comedian then theatre manager in the United States In 1865 he was hired at the Theatre du Parc in Brussels before he briefly managed the two theatres in Lille northern France He then was managing director of the Theatre des Varietes from 1869 to 1891 He was director of the Opera Garnier from 1 January 1892 until his death in 1899 first in association with Campocasso and then from 1894 with Pedro Gailhard 2 At the Opera he was the first to successfully produce operas by Richard Wagner and also mounted a new production Saint Saens Samson et Dalila 1892 and gave the first performance of Massenet s Thais 1894 3 References edit Eugene Bertrand at the artlyrique fr website accessed 4 May 2016 Les lettres recues par lui dans ses differentes fonctions conservees aux Archives nationales sous les cotes AB XIX 4127 a 4129 Voir la notice dans la salle des inventaires virtuelle des Archives nationales Forman 2010 pp 51 52 Bibliography editForman Edward 2010 Historical Dictionary of French Theater Lanham The Scarecrow Press ISBN 9780810849396 Preceded byEugene Ritt director of the Paris Opera1892 1908 With Pedro Gailhard 1892 1908 Succeeded byAndre Messager with Leimistin Broussan Portals nbsp theatre nbsp opera nbsp France Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eugene Bertrand amp oldid 1176930872, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
