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'''Prosper-Didier Deshayes''' (mid 18th century – 1815) was an [[opera]] [[composer]] and dancer who lived and worked in [[France]]. In 1764 he was a [[balletmaster]] at the [[Comédie-Française]]. By 1774 he had become an assistant (''adjoint'') at the [[Paris Opéra]]. His first opera '' |
'''Prosper-Didier Deshayes''' (mid 18th century – 1815) was an [[opera]] [[composer]] and dancer who lived and worked in [[France]]. In 1764 he was a [[balletmaster]] at the [[Comédie-Française]]. By 1774 he had become an assistant (''adjoint'') at the [[Paris Opéra]]. His first opera ''Le Faux serment ou La Matrone de Gonesse'', a ''[[comédie mêlée d'ariettes]]'' in two acts, was first performed on 31 December 1785 at the [[Théâtre des Beaujolais]] in Paris and became a popular success. He went on to have another 18 works performed at various venues in Paris, but only two, ''La faut serment'' and ''Zélie, ou Le mari à deux femmes'', a 3-act ''drame'' first performed at the [[Salle Louvois]] on 29 October 1791, were ever published as musical scores. He also participated in the collaborative [[French Revolution|Revolutionary]] opera ''[[Le congrès des rois]]'', a 3-act ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'', which combined music written by Deshayes and 11 other composers and was first performed by the [[Opéra-Comique]] at the Salle Favart on 26 February 1794. He died in Paris.<ref>Fend, Michael; Noiray, Michel. "Deshayes [Des Hayes, Deshays], Prosper-Didier" in Sadie (1992) '''1''': 1131–1132.</ref><ref>Wild and Charlton (2005), p. 200.</ref> |
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*Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1992). ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. ISBN |
*Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1992). ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. {{ISBN|978-1-56159-228-9}}. |
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*Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972''. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. ISBN |
*Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972''. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. {{ISBN|978-2-87009-898-1}}. |
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Latest revision as of 06:14, 11 April 2024
Prosper-Didier Deshayes (mid 18th century – 1815) was an opera composer and dancer who lived and worked in France. In 1764 he was a balletmaster at the Comédie-Française. By 1774 he had become an assistant (adjoint) at the Paris Opéra. His first opera Le Faux serment ou La Matrone de Gonesse, a comédie mêlée d'ariettes in two acts, was first performed on 31 December 1785 at the Théâtre des Beaujolais in Paris and became a popular success. He went on to have another 18 works performed at various venues in Paris, but only two, La faut serment and Zélie, ou Le mari à deux femmes, a 3-act drame first performed at the Salle Louvois on 29 October 1791, were ever published as musical scores. He also participated in the collaborative Revolutionary opera Le congrès des rois, a 3-act comédie mêlée d'ariettes, which combined music written by Deshayes and 11 other composers and was first performed by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart on 26 February 1794. He died in Paris.[1][2]
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Sources[edit]
- Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1992). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-228-9.
- Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. ISBN 978-2-87009-898-1.