Léo Delibes
French composer (1836–1891)
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FranceHe wrote the music that made ballet matter. Before Delibes, dance was spectacle with pleasant accompaniment; his scores for Coppélia and Sylvia proved the orchestra could carry as much drama as the stage.
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Born into a musical family in 1836, Delibes entered the Conservatoire de Paris at twelve and studied under Adolphe Adam. He spent the 1850s and '60s turning out light opérettes while working as a church organist, until his 1866 ballet La Source caught public attention. Coppélia in 1870 and Sylvia in 1876 followed, both elevating ballet music to a prominence it had never held. After years of attempts at serious opera, he broke through in 1883 with Lakmé, home to the "Flower Duet" and a critical and commercial hit. He joined the Conservatoire faculty as a composition teacher in his final years a…
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Albums
- BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 2: Ballet Treasures2023
- French Music for the Stage2021
- Ballet Suites: Coppélia / Sylvia / La Source2020
- Mélodies passagères2020
- Opéra-Comique Overtures2020
- The Great Conductors: Ernest Ansermet2017
- Lakmé : Highlights2011
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- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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