#Jean-Alexandre Talazac

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Here we see this old Italian Magazine from Juni 1883 with a review of the World premiere from Léo Delibes Opera „Lakmé“ in Paris. The Soprano Marie van Zandt (1858-1919) was Lakmé and the Tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac (1851-1896). was Gérald.

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May 06 in Music History

1596 Death of Dutch composer Giaches de Wert in Mantua, Italy. 

1637 Opening of the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice. The first Opera House there with the presentation of Manelli and Ferrari's L'Andromeda.

1704 FP of Campra and Desmarets’ “Iphigénie en Tauride” Paris.

1714 Birth of German tenor Anton Raaf in Gelsdorf.

1727 FP of G. Bononcini’s “Astianatte” London.

1728 Marriage of Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti, to Maria Catarina Gentili.

1742 FP of T. Arne’s “Miss Lucy in Town” London.

1751 FP of Jommelli’s “L'Uccellatrice” Venice. 

1773 FP of Sacchini’s “Tamerlano” London.

1794 FP of Méhul’s “Mélidore et Phrosine” Paris.

1797 FP of Gretry’s “Le Barbier du village, ou Le Revenant” Paris.

1790 Birth of composer Vaclav Vilem Wurfel.

1800 Birth of composer Ferdinand Marcucci.

1809 Birth of American composer William Walker. 

1826 Death of French soprano Rosalie Levasseur. 

1838 Birth of American composer Alfred Humphreys Pease.

1853 Birth of French tenor Alexandre Talazac in Bordeaux.

1857 FP of Erkel and Doppler’s “Erzsèbet” Prague.

1858 Birth of French composer Georges-Adolphe Hue in Versailles. 

1859 Birth of Belgian baritone Jean Note in Tournai, Belgium. 

1868 FP of Michael Haydn’s “Die Hachzeit auf der Alm” Singspiel, Salzburg.

1871 USAmerican conducting debut of Leopold Damrosch in NYC.

1871 Birth of composer August Reusner.

1872 First concert of the Cincinnati May Festival. Theodore Thomas conducts program including Beethoven’s Fifth, Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and chorus from Haydn's Creation.

1881 Birth of Bulgarian opera composer Georgi Atanasov in Plovdiv. 

1882 Birth of Italian soprano Ina Maria Ferraris in Turin. 

1886 FP of Graffigna’s “La bouna figliuola” Milan.

1888 Birth of Italian baritone Louis d'Angelo in Naples. 

1894 FP of Arensky's "Raphael" Moscow.

1894 Birth of composer Filip Lazar.

1896 FP of Camille Saint-Seans Piano Concerto No 5 at a concert commemorating his debut 50 years earlier, at the Salle Pleyel, in Paris.

1897 FP of Leoncavallo's La Boheme in Venice.

1898 Birth of Russian-American conductor Jascha Horenstein in Kiev.

1905 Birth of composer Norman De Tar.

1908 Birth of composer Necil Kazim Akses.

1913 Birth of composer Gyula David.

1915 Birth of American composer George Perle in Bayonne, NJ.

1916 Birth of baritone Norman Farrow. 

1918 Birth of Canadian composer Godfrey Ridout in Toronto. 

1920 Death of French soprano Hortense Schneider. 

1924 Birth of American soprano Mimi Benzell in Bridgeport CT.

1926 Birth of American soprano Marguerite Piazza in New Orleans, LA. 

1928 FP of Schubert's "Die Freunde von Salamanka" singspiel, Halle.

1928 FP of Krenek’s opera tryptic “Der Diktator; Das geheime Königreich; Schwergewicht oder Die Ehre der Nation”.

1929 FP of Blitzstein’s “Triple Sec” Philadelphia.

1931 Birth of French mezzo-soprano Jane Berbié.

1932 Birth of composer Gunther Hauk.

1940 Birth of American conductor Murray Sidlin in Baltimore, MD.

1941 Birth of Bulgarian soprano Ghena Dimitrova in Beglej Bulgaria. 

1942 Birth of American bass Phillip Booth in Washington, DC.

1942 Birth of American baritone Richard Stilwell in St. Louis. 

1945 Birth of American composer Victoria Bond in LA, CA.

1947 Death of American mezzo-soprano Louise Homer. 

1948 Premiere of film Hamlet with music score by William Walton at Odeon Theater, Leicester Square, London.

1953 Birth of American composer Peter Child.

1953 Birth of French baritone Ventri Ivaldi in Toulon. 

1957 FP of Argento’s “The Boor” Rochester.

1958 Birth of American composer William Holab.

1960 Birth of Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince in Montana.

1965 Birth of French mezzo-soprano and conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.

1971 Birth of English soprano Amanda Boyd in London. 

1973 Death of Canadian organist and composer Ernst Campbell MacMillan.

1977 Death of Scottish tenor Joseph Hislop. 

1980 Death of German soprano Adele Kern.

1981 Death of French tenor Rene Verdiere. 

1981 FP of Einojuhaani Rautavaara ’s Double-bass Concerto Angel of Dusk, with bassist Olli Kosonen and the Finnish Radio Symphony, Leif Segerstam conducting in Helsinki

1985 FP of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players. Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

1992 FP of Libby Larsen ’s Symphony No. 3 Lyric. Albany NY Symphony, Joel Revzen conducting.

1999 FP of Christopher Rouse's Seeing. New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Slatkin, with pianist Emanuel Ax at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC.

1999 FP of Magnus Lindberg´s Cello Concerto, by the Orchestre de Paris, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting and Anssi Karttunen, cellist.

2004 FP of Augusta Read Thomas´ Whispers of Summer. RNCM International Cello Festival, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England.

[lakme-opera-blog]

Gérald

★ an officer in the British Army.

★ He is engaged to Ellen; daughter of the governor. 

★ Left Lakme behind for his duty.

★ This character’s voice type is Tenor.

★ Jean-Alexandre Talazac played this character as premier cast on April 14, 1883. (Talazac picture below)

★ Gerald played by Jean-Alexandre Talazac.

★ Also played by: 

★ Eric Fenell

★ Jaewoo Kim

★ Robert Workman