He died at the age of 29 after years of illness and his funeral service on 24 November 1857 was attended by more than 500 people, including much of literary and musical Paris.[3]
léon, battu, french, dramatist, born, 1829, paris, where, died, november, 1857, born1829paris, francedied1857, aged, paris, franceoccupationplaywrightlanguagefrenchnationalityfrench, contents, life, career, works, theatre, opéras, comiques, operettas, referenc. Leon Battu was a French dramatist born 1829 1 in Paris where he died on 22 November 1857 Leon BattuBorn1829Paris FranceDied1857 aged 27 28 Paris FranceOccupationPlaywrightLanguageFrenchNationalityFrench Contents 1 Life and career 2 Works 2 1 Theatre 2 2 Operas comiques operettas 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editThe son of Pantaleon Battu 1799 1870 a violinist and assistant conductor at the Opera de Paris 2 and brother of the soprano Marie Battu 1838 1888 who created Ines in L Africaine 2 he wrote many vaudevilles and libretti In the fields of opera comique and operettes these were in collaboration with Ludovic Halevy Michel Carre Jules Barbier Jules Moinaux and Lockroy His composers were Jacques Offenbach Pepito Le mariage aux lanternes Adolphe Adam Les Pantins de Violette Victor Masse La Reine Topaze Georges Bizet and Charles Lecocq Le Docteur Miracle With Halevy he translated Mozart s Der Schauspieldirektor for its Mozart centenary production at the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens in 1856 1 He died at the age of 29 after years of illness and his funeral service on 24 November 1857 was attended by more than 500 people including much of literary and musical Paris 3 Works editTheatre edit Les extremes se touchent with Adrien Decourcelle 27 January 1848 Theatre des Varietes Paris Les Deux font la paire with Michel Carre 25 October 1848 Theatre des Varietes Les Suites d un feu d artifice with Arthur de Beauplan and Clairville 1848 Theatre du Vaudeville Paris Jobin et Nanette with Michel Carre 1 May 1849 Theatre des Varietes Nisus et Euryale with Eugene Bercioux 1850 Theatre des Varietes Madame Diogene with Neree Desarbres 1852 Theatre du Vaudeville Les Quatre Coins 7 November 1852 Theatre de l Odeon Paris L Honneur de la maison with Maurice Desvignes 6 July 1853 Theatre de la Porte Saint Martin Paris Un Verre de Champagne with Adrien Decourcelle 1855 Theatre des Varietes Lucie Didier with Adolphe Jaime fils 12 January 1856 Theatre du Vaudeville Les Cheveux de ma femme with Eugene Labiche 19 January 1856 Theatre des Varietes Operas comiques operettas edit Le Tresor a Mathurin music by Jacques Offenbach 7 May 1855 Salle Herz Paris Jacqueline ou la Fille du soldat with Eugene Labiche and Edouard Fournier music by Jules Coste and the Comte d Osmond 8 June 1855 Opera Comique Paris L Anneau d argent with Jules Barbier music by Louis Deffes 5 July 1855 Opera Comique Paris Pepito with Jules Moinaux music by Jacques Offenbach 28 October 1855 Theatre des Varietes Elodie ou le Forfait nocturne with Hector Cremieux music by Jacques Offenbach 19 January 1856 Bouffes Parisiens Paris Les Pantins de Violette with Ludovic Halevy music by Adolphe Adam 29 April 1856 Bouffes Parisiens L Impresario translation with Ludovic Halevy music by Mozart 20 May 1856 Bouffes Parisiens La Reine Topaze with Lockroy music by Victor Masse 27 December 1856 Theatre Lyrique Le Docteur Miracle with Ludovic Halevy two versions one by Georges Bizet the other by Charles Lecocq 9 April 1857 Bouffes Parisiens Le Cousin de Marivaux with Ludovic Halevy music by Victor Masse 15 August 1957 Baden Baden Le Mariage aux lanternes with Michel Carre music by Jacques Offenbach 10 October 1857 Bouffes ParisiensReferences edit a b Walsh T J Second Empire Opera The Theatre Lyrique Paris 1851 1870 John Calder Publishers Ltd London 1981 Appendix D p 342 a b Fetis F J Biographie universelle des musiciens Vol I 55 Paris 1878 Gustave Bourdin obituary in Le Figaro of 26 November 1857 p 7 at Bibliotheque nationale de FranceExternal links editLeon battu on data bnf fr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Battu amp oldid 1079746377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
