Le toréador
Music by Adolphe Adam · libretto by Thomas Sauvage · premiered 1849 · at Opéra-Comique
Le toréador, ou L'accord parfait (The Toreador, or The Perfect Agreement) is an opéra bouffon in two acts by Adolphe Adam with a libretto by Thomas Sauvage. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 18 May 1849.
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About the Composer
Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" ("Midnight, Christians", 1847, known in English as "O Holy Night"). Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in…
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Other Operas by Adolphe Adam
- Le postillon de Lonjumeau
- Le chalet (1825)
- Giralda ou La nouvelle psyché (1850)
- La poupée de Nuremberg (1852)