Audran, (Achille) Edmond

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Audran, (Achille) Edmond

Audran, (Achille) Edmond, notable French composer, son of Marius-Pierre Audran; b. Lyons, April 12, 1840; d. Tierceville, Aug. 17, 1901. He was a student of Jules Duprato at the École Niedermeyer in Paris, graduating in 1859. In 1861 he became maître de chapelle of the church of St. Joseph in Marseilles, where he composed sacred music and attracted notice with his operetta Le Grand Mogol (Feb. 24, 1877). Settling in Paris, he scored a major success with his comic opera Les Noces d’Olivette (Nov. 13, 1879). Even more successful was his next score, La Moscotte (Dec. 29, 1880), one of the finest operettas of the day. No less successful was his next score, Gillette de Narbonne (Nov. 11, 1882). The revised version of Le Grand Mogol (Sept. 19, 1884) made it a repertoire staple. Among his later successful works were La Cigale et la fourmi (Oct. 30, 1886), Miss Helyett (Nov. 12, 1890), L’Onde Célestin (March 24, 1891), L’Enlèvement de la Toledad (Nov. 17, 1894), and La Poupée (Oct. 21, 1896).

Works

DRAMATIC: Musical Theater

(all 1st perf. in Paris unless otherwise given): L’Ours et le pacha (Marseilles, 1862); La Chercheuse d’esprit (Marseilles, 1864); La Nivernaise (Marseilles, Dec. 1862); Le Petit Poucet (Marseilles, April 1868); Le Grand Mogol (Marseilles, Feb. 24, 1877; rev. version, Paris, Sept. 19, 1884); Les Noces d’Olivette (Nov. 13, 1879); La Mascotte (Dec. 29, 1880); Gillette de Narbonne (Nov. 11, 1882); Les Pommes d’or (Feb. 12, 1883); La Dormeuse éveillée (Dec. 27, 1883); Pervenche (March 31, 1885); Serment d’amour (Feb. 19, 1886); Indiana (London, Oct. 11, 1886); La Cigale et la fourmi (Oct. 30, 1886); La Fiancée des verts-poteaux (Nov. 8, 1887); Le Puits qui parle (March 15, 1888); Miette (Sept. 24, 1888); La Petite Fronde (Nov. 16, 1888); La Fille à Cacolet Quly 10, 1889); L’Oeuf rouge (March 14, 1890); Miss Helyett (Nov. 12, 1890); L’Oncle Célestin (March 24, 1891); Article de Paris (March 17, 1892); Sainte-Freya (Nov. 4, 1892); Madame Suzette (March 29, 1893); Mon Prince! (Nov. 18, 1893); L’Enlèvement de la Toledad (Nov. 17, 1894); LaDuchesse de Ferrare Qan. 25, 1895); La Reine des reines (Oct. 14, 1896); La Poupée (Oct. 21, 1896); Monsieur Lohengrin (Nov. 30, 1896); Les Petites (Oct. 11, 1897); Les Soeurs Graudichard (April 21, 1899); Le Curé Vincent (Oct. 25, 1901).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire