Jean-Louis Laruette
Jean-Louis Laruette (born March 7, 1731 in Paris , † January 10, 1792 there ) was a French composer and singer.
Laruette made her debut as a singer (tenor) in 1752 in amateur roles. Later, despite his light tenor voice, he sang the roles of older men (fathers, bankers), which were written for high voices and were given the name laruettes . He became musical director of Jean Monnet's opera house and from 1763 a partner in Comédie-Italienne . As a composer, he devoted himself to comic opera and, alongside Egidio Duni and François-André Danican Philidors, is considered a pioneer of the genre. In 1779 he withdrew from the theater business, his last appearance as a singer he had in 1785. Laroutte was a member of the Société Académique des Enfants d'Apollon .
Works
- Le Plaisir et l'innocence , comic opera (final vaudeville), 1753
- Le Boulevard , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume and Farin de Hautemer ), 1753
- Les Amans trompés , pièce mêlée d'ariettes (Libretto: Louis Anseaume), 1756
- Le Diable à quatre ou La Double Métamorphose , comic opera (Libretto: Michel Sedaine ), 1756 (with François-André Danican Philidor)
- La Fausse Avanturière , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume, Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville ), 1757
- Le Docteur Sangrado , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume, Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre ), 1758
- L'Heureux Déguisement ou La Gouvernante supposée , comic opera (libretto: Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville), 1758
- Le Médecin de l'amour , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume, Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville), 1758
- Cendrillon , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume), 1759
- L'Ivrogne corrigé ou Le Mariage du diable (Libretto: Louis Anseaume, Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre), 1759
- Le Dépit généreux , comic opera (libretto: Louis Anseaume, François-Antoine Quétant ), 1761
- Le Guy de chesne ou La Fête des druides , comédie mêlée d'ariettes (Libretto: Jean-Baptiste de Junquières ), 1763
- Les Deux Compères , comic opera (libretto: Jean-Baptiste de Santerre), 1772
swell
- Les Monts du Reuil - Jean-Louis Larouett
- List of stage works by Jean-Louis Laruette based on the MGG at Operone
- Jean-Louis Laruette at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
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| SURNAME | Laruette, Jean-Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1792 |
| Place of death | Paris |