Anna Van Ghell
Anna Van Ghell was a Belgian singer who starred in numerous operettas in Paris. She was called Anna Vanghel or Vanghell in France.
Anna Van Ghell was a Belgian singer who starred in numerous operettas in Paris. She was called Anna Vanghel or Vanghell in France.
Van Ghell was the student of her father who was a conductor. [1]
She made her debut at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, in the travesti role of prince Raphael in La princesse de Trébizonde , 7 December 1869, then appeared in Les Bavardes. She left the Bouffes for the Théâtre des Variétés, to play the role of Fiorella in Les Brigands . She played Jane in Le trône d'Ecosse by Hervé, performed in Les cent vierges by Charles Lecocq, and the role of Metella in Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne . She appeared at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique under the name of Rose Friquet but after two or three performances her contract was terminated because the repertoire did not suit her, and she returned to the Variétés. She went to the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques for the revival of La Fiancée du roi de Garbes. [2] She played the role of Clairette in La Fille de madame Angot . [3]
Henri Meilhac was a French dramatist and opera librettist, best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on Georges Bizet's Carmen and on the works of Jacques Offenbach, as well as Jules Massenet's Manon.
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870s and early 1880s, before the changing musical fashions of the late 19th century made his style of composition less popular. His few serious works include the opera Plutus (1886), which was not a success, and the ballet Le cygne (1899). His only piece to survive in the regular modern operatic repertory is his 1872 opéra comique La fille de Madame Angot. Others of his more than forty stage works receive occasional revivals.
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