Joseph Legros
Joseph Legros (born September 8, 1739 in Monampteuil near Laon , † December 20, 1793 in La Rochelle ) was a French opera singer (tenor) and classical composer .
Life
Joseph Legros received his musical training as a choirboy at Laon Cathedral. After his voice broke, Legros developed a strong alto voice and came to the Académie royale de musique through the mediation of François Rebel . He made his highly acclaimed debut in 1764 in the opera Titon et l'Aurore by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville . Legros achieved fame after he was able to demonstrate his skills as a singer in almost all of the title roles in Christoph Willibald Gluck's operas . He appeared in numerous operas by Niccolò Piccinni with similarly great success . He also played many haute contre roles in the operas of Jean-Philippe Rameau and François-Joseph Gossec . As early as 1777 he took over the direction of the Concert spirituel together with Marie-Alexandre Guénin , a task to which he devoted himself completely after his retirement from the stage. Legros had several works by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed at the Concert spirituel , with the latter he ordered the Paris Symphony KV 297 in 1778 . Under his successful leadership, the institution opened up to opera and Italian music more than before, and he remained director of the Concert spirituel until it was dissolved in the revolutionary year 1790.
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He composed the ballet-héroique Hylas et Eglé , which premiered at the Paris Opera in 1775, together with Léopold-Bastien Desormery (1740–1810). Legro's opera Anacréon was never performed.
Web links
- Joseph Legros at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/musdico/Legros/168741
- ^ Fétis: Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique
- ^ MGG , 2nd edition, Vol. 10, Col. 1489-1490
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legros, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (tenor) and classical composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monampteuil near Laon |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1793 |
| Place of death | La Rochelle |