François Bazin

François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin (September 4, 1816 – July 2, 1878) was a French opera composer.

Biography

François Bazin was born in Marseille. He became a student of Auber at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he later taught harmony. His cantata "Loyse de Monfort" won the Prix de Rome in 1840. "Le voyage en Chine", which premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris is his best known composition, and continued to appear well into the 20th century. Although his many light operas were popular during his lifetime, they are rarely staged today. A handful of arias are still occasionally performed, including "Je pense à vous" from "Maître Pathelin" recorded by Roberto Alagna. He died in Paris.

Opéra-comique

*"Le Trompette de Monsieur le Prince" (Mélesville), 1846
*"Le malheur d'être jolie" (Desnoyers), 1847
*"La nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre" (Mélesville et M. Masson), 1849
*"Madelon" (Sauvage), 1852
*"Maître Pathelin" (de Leuven et Langlé), 1856
*"Les désespérés" (de Leuven et Langlé), 1858
*"Marianne" (Challamel) (n.p. 1861-2)
*"Le Voyage en Chine" (Labiche et Delacour), 1865
*"L'Ours et le pacha" (Scribe et Saintine, avec J.X. Boniface), 1871

Sources

Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) [1992] (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 1, A-D, chpt: "Bazin, François (Emmanuel-Joseph)" by David Charlton, New York: MacMillan. ISBN 0-935859-92-6.

External links

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