Armand Liorat
Armand Liorat was the pen name of Georges Degas (10 January 1837 – 8 August 1898), a French playwright and librettist.
Life and career
Liorat was born in
William Busnach, Clairville, Paul Bocage, Prével, Ferrier, wrote a large number of operetta librettos.[1]
As well as librettos for the lyric stage, Liorat wrote some serious drama, including La belle aux cheveux d'or (1882) in collaboration with Arthur Arnould.[2]
Liorat died suddenly, shortly before his last work, Les quatre filles Aymon was put into production at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques.[3]
Librettos
Work | Co-author | Composer | Premiere |
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Un mariage au gros sel, opérette in 1 act | Frédéric Barbier | Eldorado, 10 July 1869 | |
La belle Kalitcha, opérette in 1 act | Frédéric Wachs | Folies-Bergère , December 1872
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La rosière d'ici, opéra bouffe in 3 acts | Léon Roques | Bouffes-Parisiens , 27 March 1873
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Mariée depuis midi, 1 act "mêlée de chant" | William Busnach
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Georges Jacobi | Marseille, 20 August 1873) |
La leçon d'amour, opérette in 1 act | Frédéric Wachs | Bouffes-Parisiens, 14 September 1873 | |
La liqueur d'or, opéra comique in 3 acts | William Busnach | Laurent de Rillé | Menus-Plaisirs, 11 December 1873 |
Une pleine eau à chatou, opérette in 1 act | Frédéric Wachs | Folies-Bergère, 21 November 1874 | |
De bric et de broc, revue in 4 acts | Clairville | Louis Varney | Athénée-Comique, 4 February 1876 |
Kosiki, opérette in 3 acts | William Busnach | Charles Lecocq | Renaissance, 18 October 1876 |
Le pont d'Avignon, opérette in 3 acts | Charles Grisart | Bouffes-Parisiens, 3 September 1878 | |
Le petit abbé, musical sketch | Henri Bocage | Charles Grisart | Vaudeville, 9 October 1879) |
Les poupées de l'infante, opéra comique in 3 acts | Henri Bocage | Charles Grisart | Folies-Dramatiques, 9 April 1881 |
La laitière et le pot au lait, pièce in 1 act | William Busnach, | Frédéric Wachs | Palais-Royal, 1 May 1883 |
Les noces improvisées, opéra comique in 3 acts | Albert Fonteny | Francis Chassaigne | Bouffes-Parisiens, 13 February 1886 |
L'amour mouillé, opéra comique in 3 acts | Jules Prével, | Louis Varney | Nouveautés, 25 January 1887 |
Le bossu, opéra comique in 4 acts | Henri Bocage, | Charles Grisart | Gaîté, 19 March 1888 |
La vénus d'arles, opéra comique in 3 acts | Paul Ferrier | Louis Varney | Nouveautés, 30 January 1889 |
Ma mie Rosette, opéra comique in 3 acts | Jules Prével | Paul Lacôme | Folies-Dramatiques, 4 February 1890 |
La fille de l'air, opérette-féerie in 3 acts | Cogniard frères | Paul Lacôme | Folies-Dramatiques, 20 June 1890 |
La fille de fanchon la vielleuse, opéra comique in 4 acts | William Busnach et Albert Fonteny | Louis Varney | Folies-Dramatiques, 3 November 1891 |
Le cadeau de noces, opéra bouffe in 4 acts | Stop and Fernand Hue | Paul Lacôme | Bouffes-Parisiens, 20 January 1893) |
Le petit bois, opérette in 1 act | Charles Grisart | Bouffes-Parisiens, 7 March 1893 | |
La fille de paillasse, opérette in 3 acts | Louis Leloir, | Louis Varney | Folies-Dramatiques, 20 April 1894 |
Les petites brebis, opérette in 2 acts | Louis Varney | Théâtre de Cluny, 5 June 1895 | |
La falote, opérette in 3 acts | Maurice Ordonneau | Louis Varney | Folies-Dramatiques, 17 April 1896 |
Le lézard, pièce in 1 act, mêlée de chant | William Busnach | Frédéric Toulmouche | Scala, 29 August 1896 |
Inès Mendo, opéra in 3 acts | Pierre Decourcelle | Frédéric d'Erlanger | Royal Opera House, London, 10 July 1897 |
Les quatre filles Aymon, opérette in 3 acts | Albert Fonteny | Paul Lacôme and Victor Roger | Folies-Dramatiques, 20 September 1898 |
- Source: Encyclopédie de l'art lyrique français.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b "Armand Loriat", Encyclopédie de l'art lyrique français, Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 1 December 2018
- ^ "The Drama in Paris", The Era, 15 July 1882, p. 14
- ^ "The Drama in Paris", The Era, 13 August 1898, p. 11