Aristide Hignard
Jean Louis Aristide Hignard (born May 20, 1822 in Nantes , † March 20, 1898 in Vernon ) was a French composer.
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Aristide Hignard, the son of a shipowner, studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Fromental Halévy and won the Second Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1850 with the cantata Emma et Eginhard . In 1851 his first comic opera Le Visionnaire was published .
During the 1850s, Hignard composed four comic operas, for which his childhood friend Jules Verne provided the libretti. In 1861 the operetta Les Musiciens de l'orchestre was performed, which Hignard had composed with Léo Delibes and Jules Erlanger (and probably Jacques Offenbach ).
For a long time Hignard worked on his main work, the five-act opera Hamlet based on a libretto by Pierre de Garal . It premiered in 1868 with great success. He also composed a number of songs (some based on texts by Verne) as well as waltzes and melodies for the piano.
Works
- Emma et Eginhard , cantata, 1850
- La mille et deuxième nuit , Opéra-comique, libretto by Jules Verne, the score is lost, 1850
- Le visionnaire , Opéra-comique, 1851
- Le colin-maillard , Opéra-comique, libretto by Jules Verne and Michel Carré , WP 1853
- Les compagnons de la Marjolaine , Opéra-comique, libretto by Jules Verne and Michel Carré, premiered in 1855
- Monsieur de Chimpanzé , Opéra-comique, libretto by Jules Verne and Michel Carré, premier 1858
- L'auberge des Ardennes , Opéra-comique, libretto by Jules Verne and Michel Carré, WP 1860
- Le nouveau Pourceaugnac , Opéra-comique, UA 1860
- Les musiciens de l'orchestre , Opéra-comique, WP 1861
- Hamlet , opera in five acts, libretto by Pierre de Garal, WP 1868
- Valses concertantes and Valses romantiques for piano four hands
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hignard, Aristide |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hignard, Jean Louis Aristide |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1898 |
| Place of death | Vernon |