Nicolas Dalayrac
Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac (d'Alayrac) (born June 8, 1753 in Muret (today Haute-Garonne ), † November 26, 1809 in Paris ) was a French composer . Among the French opera composers of the 19th century, he was one of the prolific representatives of the Opéra comique .
Life
Nicolas Dalayrac first became a lawyer after studying law, but his father then allowed him to follow his passion for music.
His first compositions were violin duos, string trios and quartets, which he published under an Italian pseudonym. After the quartets were very successful, he dared to reveal his identity. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge of the “Neuf sœurs” and composed music for the recording of Voltaire and for the honorary festival for Benjamin Franklin with Madame Helvétius.
He married the actress Gilberte Pétronille Sallard.
In 1798 he became a member of the Royal Academy in Sweden and in 1804 he was awarded the Legion of Honor .
On the occasion of the anniversary of the coronation of Napoleon I in 1809 he composed Le poète et le musicien .
Dalayrac was a member of the Freemasons' Union and his mother's lodge was the so-called Neuf Sœurs philosophers lodge in Paris.
Works
Operas
- Le Chevalier à la mode op.com. 1 act (private performance)
- Le Petit Souper or L'Abbé qui veut parvenir op.com. 1 act
- EL Billardon de Sauvigny
- 1781 private performance in Paris
- L'Éclipse totale comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Ange-Etienne-Xavier Poisson de la Chabeaussière to La Fontaine
- March 7, 1782, Paris, Comédie-Italienne
- Le Corsaire comédie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts
- Ange-Etienne-Xavier Poisson de la Chabeaussière
- 7th March 1783 Versailles
- May 19, 1785 Paris, Comédie-Italienne (rev.)
- July 1, 1793 Paris, Comédie-Italienne (rev. As Le Corsaire algérien ou Le Combat naval )
- Mathieu ou Les Deux Soupers comédie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts
- Ange-Etienne-Xavier Poisson de la Chabeaussière
- 11 Oct 1783 Fontainebleau
- May 8, 1784 Paris, Comédie-Italienne (rev. As Les Deux Tuteurs , 2 acts)
- L'Amant statue comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Desfontaines
- Fontainebleau August 4, 1785
- La Dot comédie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts
- Desfontaines
- Fontainebleau November 8, 1785
- Nina ou La Folle par amour comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- May 15, 1786 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Azémia ou Le nouveau Robinson op.com./roman lyri-comique mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts
- Ange-Etienne-Xavier Poisson de la Chabeaussière
- Premiere October 17, 1786 Fontainebleau
- May 3, 1787 Paris, Comédie Italienne (rev. As Azémia ou Les Sauvages , comique mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts)
- EA Paris 1787, given here until 1828; Liège 1789; Brussels 1795; Cologne 1796-97; Hamburg 1797; Moscow 1810; New York 1827; German by HG Schmieder Mainz 1789; Hamburg 1789; Berlin 1790; Munich 1791; Cologne 1791; Graz 1793 (translated by Perinet); Vienna, Theater in the Leopoldstadt 1795; Budapest 1797; Vienna, Kärntnerthor-Theater 1805; Petersburg 1808; also in Holl., Sweden. and Russ. (Moscow 1803)
- Renaud d'Ast comique mêlée d'ariettes 2 acts
- PY Barré / J.-B. Cycle to La Fontaines L'Oraison de Saint Julien
- July 19, 1787 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Les Deux Sérénades comique mêlée d'ariettes 2 acts
- JFT Goulard
- January 23, 1788 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Sargines ou L'Elève de l'amour comédie mise en musique 4 acts
- Jacques-Marie Boutet de Monvel
- May 14, 1788 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Fanchette ou L'Heureuse Éprouve comédie mêlée d'ariettes 2 acts
- Desfontaines
- October 13, 1788 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- 1801 (1st rev. Version)
- Oct. 1810 (2nd rev. Version)
- Les Deux Petits Savoyards comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- The two Savoyards
- Benoît Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- January 14, 1789 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Raoul, Sire de Créqui comédie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts
- Boutet de Monvel after F. Arnaud, Le Sire de Créqui
- October 31, 1789 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- 9 November 1794 Paris, Opéra-Comique (rev. As Bathilde et Eloi )
- La Soirée orageuse comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Radet
- May 29, 1790 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Le Chêne patriotique ou La Matinée du 14 juillet 1790 comédie 2 acts
- Boutet de Monvel
- July 10, 1790 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Vert-Vert divertissement mêlé d'ariettes 1 act
- Desfontaines
- October 11, 1790 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Camille ou Le Souterrain comédie mêlée de mus. 3 acts
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- March 19, 1791 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Agnès et Olivier comédie herroique 3 acts
- Boutet de Monvel, after J. Gazotte, Olivier
- October 10, 1791 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Philippe et Georgette comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Boutet de Monvel, after C. Villette
- December 28, 1791 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Tout pour l'amour ou Roméo et Juliette [ Juliette et Roméo ] comédie 4 acts
- Boutet de Monvel
- July 7th 1792 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Ambroise ou Voilà ma journée comédie mêlée d'ariettes 2 acts
- Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel
- Premiere January 12th 1793 Paris, Comédie Italienne
- Jan. 20, 1793 (rev.); played at the Opéra-Comique until 1827
- EA Petersburg 1793; Brussels 1796; Hanover 1803; Moscow 1808, Bern 1809; Vienna 1829; Vienna, Theater an der Wien 1812 (German); also in Russ. (Petersburg 1809), Swed. and Holl. translated
- Asgill ou Le Prisonnier de guerre drame lyrique 1 act
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- May 2, 1793 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- March 9, 1795 Paris, Opéra-Comique (rev. As Arnill ou Le Prisonnier américain , comédie 2 acts)
- March 17, 1795 (rev.)
- Urgande et Merlin comédie 3 acts
- Boutet de Monvel
- October 14, 1793 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- La Prize de Toulon tableau patriotique mêlé d'ariettes 1 act
- LB Picard
- February 1, 1794 Paris, Théâtre Feydeau
- Le Congrès des rois comédie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts (together with Henri Montan Berton, Frédéric Blasius, Luigi Cherubini, François Devienne, Deshayes, André EM Grétry, Jadin, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Étienne Nicolas Méhul, Jean-Pierre Solié , Trial)
- Desmaillot [AF Eve]
- February 26, 1794 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- L'Enfance de JJ Rousseau comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- F.-G.-J.-S. Andrieux
- May 23, 1794 Rouen, Opéra-Comique
- Les Détenus ou Cange, commissionnaire de Lazare fait historique 1 act
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- November 18, 1794 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- La Pauvre Femme comédie 1 act
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- April 8, 1795 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Adèle et Dorsan comédie 3 acts (later shortened to 2 acts)
- Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières
- April 27, 1795 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Rose et Picard ou Suite de l'optimiste Com. 1 act in verse with 1 vaudeville and couplets
- La Famille américaine comédie 1 act
- JN Bouilly
- February 20, 1796 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Marianne ou L'Amour maternel [ La Tendresse maternelle ] comédie 1 act
- Marsollier
- July 7, 1796 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- La Maison isolée ou Le Vieillard des Vosges comédie 2 acts
- Marsollier
- May 11, 1797 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- La Leçon ou La Mug de glaces comédie 1 act
- Marsollier after Louis Carmontelle
- May 24, 1797 Paris, Théâtre Feydeau
- Gulnare ou L'Esclave persanne comédie 1 act
- Marsollier
- December 30, 1797 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Alexis ou L'erreur d'un bon père comédie mêlé d'ariettes 1 act
- Benoît Joseph Marsollier
- Premiere January 24, 1798 Paris, Théâtre Feydeau
- EA Brussels 1798; Aachen 1800; Vienna 1809; Bern 1819; German from Karl Alexander Herklots Berlin 1802; German by J. von Seyfried Wien, Theater an der Wien 1804; Budapest 1806; Prague 1807; also translated into Danish and Italian
- WA Buenos Aires 1831 (French)
- Léon ou Le Château de Monténéro drame 3 acts
- FB Hoffmann after A. Radcliffe
- October 15, 1798 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Adolphe et Clara ou Les deux Prisonniers comédie 1 act
- Benoît Joseph Marsollier
- February 10, 1799 Paris, Opéra-Comique, here until around 1849 WA
- EA Brussels 1799, here also 1852; Bern 1801, Hanover 1803; Koenigsberg 1805; Moscow 1808; Vienna 1809; Stockholm 1812; Berlin 1825, Mexico 1826; New York 1827; Buenos Aires 1827; German from CA Herklots Schleswig 1800; Berlin 1801; Munich 1801; Vienna, Theater an der Wien 1801, Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor 1810; German by L. Schneider Berlin 1852; also translated into Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Russian (Moscow 1811), Italian and English.
- Primerose [ Roger ou Le Page ] Opera 3 acts
- E.-G.-F. Favières / Marsollier to Morel de Vindé
- March 8, 1799 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Laure ou L'Actrice chez elle 1 act
- Marsollier de Vivetières
- September 27, 1799 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Le Rocher de Leucade op.com. 1 act
- Marsollier
- February 14, 1800 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Une Matinée de Catinat ou Le Tableau comédie 1 act
- Marsollier
- October 1, 1800 Paris, Théâtre Feydeau
- Maison à vendre comédie 1 act
- Alexandre Duval
- October 23, 1800 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Léhéman ou La Tour de Neustadt Opera 3 acts
- Marsollier
- December 12, 1801 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- L'Antichambre ou Les Valets maîtres 1 act ( The antechamber or the servants among themselves )
- LEFC Mercier-Dupaty
- Premiere February 27, 1802 Paris, Opéra Comique
- May 3, 1803 (rev. As Picaros et Diégo ou La Folle Soirée opéra bouffon) until 1837
- EA Brussels 1803; Petersburg 1804; Moscow 1809; German by CA Herklots as Die Glückritter Berlin 1804; also translated into Spanish and Swedish
- La boucle de cheveux opera 1 act
- Hoffmann
- October 30, 1802 Paris, Opéra Comique
- La Jeune prude ou Les Femmes entre elles comédie mêlée de chants 1 act
- Mercier-Dupaty
- January 14, 1804 Opéra-Comique Paris
- Une Heure de Mariage comédie mêlée de chants 1 act
- C.-G. Etienne
- March 20, 1804 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Le Pavillon du calife ou Almanzor et Zobéide Opera 2 acts
- E. Morel de Chédeville / J.-B.-D. Després / J.-M. Deschamps
- April 20, 1804 Paris, Opéra
- May 13, 1822 Paris, Opéra-Comique; rev. as
- Le Pavillon des fleurs ou Les Pêcheurs de Grenade comédie lyrique 1 act
- Gulistan ou Le Hulla de Samarcande op.com. 3 acts
- Ange-Etienne-Xavier Poisson de la Chabeaussière
- September 30, 1805 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Deux Mots ou Une Nuit dans la forêt comédie 1 act
- Marsollier
- June 9, 1806 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Koulouf ou Les Chinois op.com. 3 acts
- Guilbert de Pixérécourt
- December 18, 1806 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Lina ou Le Mystère Opera 3 acts
- JA de Révéroni Saint-Cry
- October 8, 1807 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Elise-Hortense ou Les Souvenirs de l'enfance comédie mêlée d'ariettes 1 act
- Marsollier
- September 26, 1809 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Le Poète et le musicien ou Je cherche un sujet comédie mêlée de chant 3 acts with chants and prologue in free verse
- Mercier-Dupaty
- May 30, 1811 Paris, Opéra-Comique
- Les Trois Sultanes
Other works
(Selection)
- 36 string quartets
- Six Trios for 2 violons and basses
- 6 duos for 2 violons
- Patriotic and civil chants
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicolas Dalayrac in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Nicolas Dalayrac in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Dalayrac in the International Music Score Library Project
- Opera works and manuscripts by Nicolas Dalayrac in the DFG opera project
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dalayrac, Nicolas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dalayrac, Nicolas-Marie; Alayrac, Nicolas d ' |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1753 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Muret |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1809 |
Place of death | Paris |