Étienne Lauchery

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Étienne Lauchery (born September 1732 in Lyon , † January 5, 1820 in Berlin ) was a French dancer, choreographer and ballet master.

Life

The Lauchery family from Lyon came to Mannheim to the Electoral Court around 1740. The head of the family was the dancer Laurent Lauchery, born in 1713. The son Étienne worked from around 1750 as "Danseur et Figurantes pour l'Opera" in Mannheim . From 1764 he worked at the court of Landgrave Friedrich II (Hessen-Kassel) . From 1772 he was back in Mannheim. In 1788 it finally went to the Royal Opera in Berlin, which was reopened just after renovation work by the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans . Since the end of the 1790s, he has also brought out his ballets at the “Royal National Theater” on Gendarmenmarkt , directed by August Wilhelm Iffland . In 1802 Lauchery went on a study trip to Paris. Étienne Lauchery was married and had a son, Albert, who was also a dancer and choreographer in Berlin. His wife was a solo dancer. Lauchery wrote both independent ballets and ballet interludes, which were usually given in operas and singspiele. Étienne Lauchery did a great job of introducing a new dramatic ballet style in Berlin around 1800.

Works

The following independent works by Lauchery were performed at the “Royal National Theater” (selection)

  • Apollo and Daphne. A little heroic ballet. Premiere October 9, 1810
  • Arlequin, under the protection of sorcery. Italian pantomime with dances in Drey acts. (Premiere January 19, 1808, a total of 57 performances until 1814)
  • Arlequin's birth. Italian pantomime in Drey acts, with mixed ballets by ballet master Lauchery (premiere August 12, 1808, a total of 50 performances until 1814)
  • The bouquet. A pantomime ballet by ballet master Lauchery (premiered January 15, 1809)
  • Don Quixotte at Gamacho's wedding (first recorded May 22, 1798)
  • The village schoolmaster, a comical-pantomime ballet from the Königl. Ballet master Mr. Lauchery (premiered October 24, 1804)
  • Embarkation for Cythere; a heroic shepherd's ballet, by the royal. Ballet master Mr. Lauchery (premiered December 21, 1805, a total of six performances)

In addition to these independent works, Lauchery designed ballets for several operas and singspiele. Among others for two operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck :

  • Iphigenia in Tauris. A great opera in four acts, translated from the French. Translated by Mr. Sander; composed by the knight Gluck. The ballets belonging to the plot are by Mr. Lauchery (premiere November 30, 1797, up to 1814 a total of 44 performances)
  • Iphigenia in Aulis. Lyrical drama in Drey Akten, based on the French of Bailly du Rollet, and based on the music of the knight Gluck, translated by JD Sander. The ballets belonging to the plot are by the royal ballet master Mr. Lauchery (premiered December 25th 1809, 3 times until 1814)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sibylle Dahms: Étienne Lauchery, the contemporary of Noverre. In: Ludwig Finscher (ed.): Mozart and Mannheim. Congress report, Mannheim 1991. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-631-46597-1 , pp. 145–155.
  2. ↑ Databases Berliner Klassik, Nationaltheater
personal data
SURNAME Lauchery, Etienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French dancer, choreographer and ballet master
DATE OF BIRTH September 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1820
Place of death Berlin