Alfred Bruneau

Alfred Bruneau

Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (3 March 1857, in Paris-15 June 1934, in Paris) was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera.

As a youth, Bruneau studied the cello at the Paris Conservatory, and played in the Pasdeloup orchestra. He soon began to compose, writing a cantata, "Genevieve de Paris" while still a young man. In 1884 his "Ouverture heroique" was performed, followed by the choral symphonies, "Lida" (1884), "La Belle au bois dormant" (1886). In 1887, he produced his first opera, "Kérim".

The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the two men that would last for two decades. Bruneau's 1891 opera "Le rêve" was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in the coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau's works, including "L'attaque du moulin" (1893). Zola himself wrote the libretti for the operas "Messidor" (1897) and "L'Ouragan" (1901). Other works influenced by Zola include "L'enfant roi" (1905), "Naïs Micoulin (1907), "Les quatres journées (1916), and "Lazare" (produced posthumously in 1954). Other operatic works by Bruneau contained themes by Hans Christian Andersen ("Le jardin du Paris" in 1923) and Victor Hugo ("Angelo, tyran de Padoue" in 1928). Bruneau's orchestral works show the influence of Wagner. His other works include his "Requiem" (1896) and two collections of songs, "Lieds de France" and "Chansons à danser".

Bruneau was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1895. He died in Paris in 1934.

References and further reading

* [http://www.james-ross.com/ James Ross] , '"Messidor": Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera'; in Barbara Kelly (ed.), 'French Music, Culture and National Identity, 1870-1939' (Rochester, 2008), pp.112-130. ISBN 978-1-58046-272-3
*Steven Huebner, 'Alfred Bruneau and Émile Zola' and 'L'Attaque du moulin', "French Opera at the Fin de Siècle" (Oxford, 1999), pp.395-425. ISBN 0-19-816280-4
*Manfred Kelkel, 'Naturalisme, Vérisme et Réalisme dans l'opéra' (Paris, 1984). ISBN 2-7116-4253-4
*"Viking Opera Guide" ed. Holden (1993)


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