Armand Castelmary, the Glossary
Armand Castelmary, real name Comte Armand de Castan, born Toulouse 16 August 1834, died New York City 10 February 1897, was a French operatic bass.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Ambroise Thomas, Bass (voice type), Don Carlos, Friedrich von Flotow, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Grand opera, Hamlet (Thomas), L'Africaine, Marie Sasse, Martha (opera), Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street), New York City, Paris Opera, Royal Opera House, St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan), The New York Times, Toulouse.
- French basses
Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868).
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Bass (voice type)
A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.
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Don Carlos
Don Carlos is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller.
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Friedrich von Flotow
Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow (27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner".
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
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Grand opera
Grand opera is a genre of 19th-century opera generally in four or five acts, characterized by large-scale casts and orchestras.
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Hamlet (Thomas)
Hamlet is a grand opera in five acts of 1868 by the French composer Ambroise Thomas, with a libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based on a French adaptation by Alexandre Dumas, père, and Paul Meurice of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
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L'Africaine
L'Africaine (The African Woman) is an 1865 French grand opéra in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe.
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Marie Sasse
Marie Constance Sasse (26 January 1834 – 8 November 1907) was a Belgian operatic soprano.
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Martha (opera)
Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond (Martha, or The Market at Richmond) is a romantic comic opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow set to a German libretto by and based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
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Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)
The Metropolitan Opera House, also known as the Old Metropolitan Opera House and Old Met, was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Paris Opera
The Paris Opera is the primary opera and ballet company of France.
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Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a historic opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.
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St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan)
The Parish of St.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Toulouse
Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.
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See also
French basses
- Adolphe-Joseph-Louis Alizard
- André Pernet
- Antoine Sicot
- Armand Castelmary
- Bernard Deletré
- Bertrand Bontoux
- Charles-Amable Battaille
- Félix Vieuille
- François Fauché
- Gérard Serkoyan
- Henri Médus
- Jérôme Correas
- Léon Rothier
- Louis-Henri Obin
- Marcel Journet
- Martin-Joseph Adrien
- Nicolas Courjal
- Nicolas Levasseur
- Pedro Gailhard
- Pol Plançon
- Prosper Dérivis
- Roger Soyer
- Xavier Depraz