Nicolas Isouard
Nicolas Isouard ( Nicolò Isouard , known by his pseudonym Nicolò or Nicolò de Malte , born December 6, 1775 in Mosta , Malta , † March 23, 1818 in Paris ) was a Maltese composer of French origin.
Life
Isouard studied in Valletta with Francesco Azopardi , in Palermo with Giuseppe Amendola and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi . From 1795 he was organist at San Giovanni de Gerusalemme and Kapellmeister of the Order Church of St. John San Giovanni di Malta . He later moved to Paris , where he lived as a freelance composer. In addition to masses , motets , cantatas , romances and duos , he composed over forty operas . His best known, which is also available on CD, is Cendrillon .
In 2002 a commemorative coin (silver with half-length portrait to the left) was minted in Malta in honor of Isouard.
Works
- L'Avviso a Maritati. Opera, 1794
- Artaserse, re di Persia . Opera seria, 1794
- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Opera buffa after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais , 1796
- Rinaldo d'Asti. Dramma giocoso, 1796
- L'improvvisata in campagna. Opera Buffa, 1797
- I due avari. Commedia per musica, 1797
- Il bottaio. Opera comique, 1798
- Il barone d'Alba chiara. Commedia per musica, 1798
- Ginevra di Scozia. Dramma serio eroico, 1798
- Le Petit Page or La Prison d'état. Opera, 1800
- Flaminius à Corinthe. Opera, 1801
- La Statue or La Femme avare. Opera comique, 1802
- Michel-Ange. Opera, 1802
- Les Confidences. Opera, 1803
- Le Baiser et la quittance or Une aventure de garnison. Opera comique, 1803
- Le Médecin turc. Opéra bouffon, 1803
- L'Intrigue aux fenêtres. Opera, 1805
- La ruse inutile ou Les Rivaux par convention. Opera, 1805
- Léonce ou Le Fils adoptif. Opera, 1805
- La Prize de Passaw. Opera comique, 1806
- Le Déjeuner de garçons. Comédie mêlée de musique, 1806
- Idala ou La Sultans. Opera comique, 1806
- The rendez-vous bourgeois. Opéra bouffon, 1807
- Les Créanciers or Le Remède à la goutte. Opera comique, 1807
- Un jour à Paris or La Leçon singulière. Opera comique, 1808
- Cimarosa. Opera comique, 1808
- Zélomir ou L'Intrigue au sérail. Opera comique, 1809
- Cendrillon. Opéra féerie after Charles Perrault , 1810
- La Victime des arts ou La Fête de famille. Opera comique, 1811
- La Fête de village or L'Heureux militaire. Opera comique, 1811
- Le Billet de Loterie. Opera comique, 1811
- Le Magicien sans magic. Opera comique, 1811
- Lulli et Quinault or Le Déjeuner impossible. Opera comique, 1812
- Le Prince de Catane. Opera, 1813
- Le Français à Venise. Opera comique, 1813
- Bayard à Mézières or Le Siège de Mézières. Opera comique, 1814
- Joconde or Les Coureurs d'aventures. Opera comique, 1814 (revival: Neuburg Chamber Opera , 2016)
- Jeannot and Colin. Opera comique, 1814
- Les Deux Maris. Opera comique, 1816
- L'Une pour l'autre ou L'Enlèvement. Opera comique, 1816
- Aladin ou la lamp merveilleuse. Opéra féerie, 1822
- Une nuit de Gustave Wasa. Opera, 1825
literature
- Nicolas Isouard . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 9, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 49.
Web links
- Works by and about Nicolas Isouard in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Nicolo Isouard in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works by Nicolas Isouard based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Isouard, Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Isouard, Nicolò; Nicolò (pseudonym); Malte, Nicolò de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maltese composer of French origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mosta , Malta |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1818 |
| Place of death | Paris |