Charles Galibert
Pierre Charles Christophe Galibert (born August 8, 1826 in Salins-les-Bains , † August 7, 1858 ) was a French composer .
Galibert studied from 1845 at the Conservatoire de Paris , where he was a student of François Bazin , Antoine Elwart and Jacques Fromental Halévy . After a second prize in 1851, he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Les rochers d'Appenzell based on a text by Edouard Monnais .
After the stay in the Villa Medici in Rome 1854–55 and a subsequent trip through Italy and Germany, Galibert returned to France in 1857. The following year he completed the opera Après l'orage based on a poem by Henri Boisseaux , which premiered at the Théâtre Bouffes-Parisiens with great success. It remained the only opera by Galibert, who died the same year on the day before his 32nd birthday.
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- Charles Galibert (1826-1858) , Prix de Rome 1850-1859 (French)
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| SURNAME | Galibert, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Galibert, Pierre Charles Christophe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salins-les-Bains |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1858 |