- Théâtre Feydeau
The Théâtre Feydeau was a theatre (now vanished) located on 19, rue Feydeau of the
IIe arrondissement ofParis . Opened in 1791, it principally put on Italian or French operas and comedies, such as "pastiches" (pieces written in French to existing Italian music). Works staged here included Cherubini's "Lodoïska " and Spontini's "Milton" and other works byFrançois-Adrien Boieldieu ,Jean-Baptiste Bréval ,Jean-François Le Sueur ,Louis-Benoît Picard andJoseph Patrat . Artists to have appeared here includeAnne Françoise Elizabeth Lange ,Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare andPierre Gaveaux . It also played host to theComédie-Italienne company.History
The company created and led by Léonard-Alexis Autier from date|26 January 1789 at first occupied the "théâtre de Monsieur" ("the King's Theatre") in the "salle des machines" of the
palais des Tuileries but had to leave this location on 6 October 1789 whenLouis XVI andMarie-Antoinette moved back to the palace after being driven out of Versailles by rioters. Whilst they waited for their new home to be built, the company was housed in a site at the Foire Saint-Germain (10 January – 31 December 1790). The opening of the theatre on rue Feydeau, again initially called the "théâtre de Monsieur", occurred on the 6 January 1791. In the wake of the imprisonment of Louis XVI and his family on 24 June 1792 during theFrench Revolution , the théâtre de Monsieur was renamed the "Théâtre français et italien de la rue Feydeau", then the "Théâtre français et Opéra-buffa" and finally (on 27 January 1795) "Théâtre français de la rue Feydeau".This theatre became one of the meeting-places for counter-revolutionaries. Like many theatres of the Revolutionary period, it was frequently banned. However, it re-opened for good on 2 April 1796, becoming one of the most appreciated theatres in Paris. Talma produced there from 1798.
On 16 September 1801, the Theatre's company merged with that of the Opéra-Comique, with the Opéra-Comique's artists leaving their home at Salle Favart, which needed repairs. On 16 April 1829, by then threatening to collapse, the Salle Favart was closed for demolition. After a short stay at the Théâtre Ventadour, the company reintegrated in 1840 a wholly-renovated Salle Favart.
In "
La fille de Madame Angot ", anopéra-comique by Charles Lecocq put on on 4 December 1872, the heroine Clairette Angot sings "Didn't you knowMademoiselle Lange , the great actress of the Feydeau?", thus mentioning the Théâtre Feydeau 30 years after its demolition.Productions
*A revival of "The Barber of Seville" by Beaumarchais (March 1791).
Premieres
*1791: "
Lodoïska " by Cherubini (18 July 1791)
*1794: "Elisa, ou Le voyage aux glaciers du Mont Saint Bernard" by Cherubini (13 December 1794)
*1797: "Médée" by Cherubini (13 March 1797)
*1798: "L'Hôtellerie portugaise" by Cherubini (25 July 1798)
*1799: "La punition" by Cherubini (23 February 1799)
*1800: "Les deux journées, ou Le porteur d'eau" by Cherubini (16 January 1800)External links
* [http://www.cesar.org.uk/cesar2/places/places.php?fct=edit&location_UOID=101802&offset=1100 Productions put on here on the CESAR site]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
