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André Messager. Passionnément

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Passionnément couverturteCD-Book. Bru Zane Label. French Opera Collection n. 28.

André Messager was more than just the composer of the evergreen operetta Véronique (1898). He was also the acclaimed conductor who was entrusted with the premiere of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902. Nourished by the most diverse styles of music, which he championed with conviction, Messager even tried his hand, in his final years, at the new musical comedy that was beginning to delight audiences of the Années Folles. Passionément, premiered in 1926, is one of the gems of this genre, nodding towards American music and café-concert, yet without completely renouncing the traditions of operetta. Willemetz’s droll libretto transcends boulevard theatre conventions and gives the composer scope for touching moments of introspection, such as the sublime waltz song ‘Passionnément’ and the air ‘Dites-vous que c’était un rêve’.

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Christophe Mirambeau – A few remarks about Passionnément

Roland-Manuel – André Messager

André Lénéka – The true tradition of the French school

Georges de Wissant – Albert Willemetz at work

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Scientific publications

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Passionnément

André MESSAGER

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Maurice HENNEQUIN Albert WILLEMETZ

1926

Related persons

Conductor, Composer, Organist

André MESSAGER

(1853 - 1929)

Librettist, Composer

Albert WILLEMETZ

(1887 - 1964)

Librettist

Maurice HENNEQUIN

(1863 - 1926)

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