[Achille] Edmond Audran
French composer: born 11 April, 1842 in Lyon; died 17 August, 1901 in Tierceville (Oise)
Stage Works
- L'ours et le Pacha (opéra bouffe) 1862
- La chercheuse d'esprit (opéra-comique; Favart) 1864
Marseille
- Le grand mogol (opéra bouffe 4 act; book & lyrics
by Henri Charles Chivot/Henri Alfred Duru) 24 February, 1877
Marseille: As The Snake Charmer; Bijou Opera House, New York
29 October, 1881 (50 perfs)
- Les Noces d'Olivette (opéra comique; Book and lyrics
by Henri Chivot/Alfred Duru) 1879 Paris: as Olivette (English
book and lyrics by Henry B. Farnie) Bijou Opera House, New York
25 December, 1880.
- La Mascotte (The Luck Bringer) (opéra comique; 3 acts;
book and lyrics by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru) Théâtre
des Bouffes-Parisiens, 28 December 1880
- Der Glücksengel (Book & lyrics by Henri Chivot/Alfred
Duru; 28 December, 1880; Bouffes-Parisiens Paris
- Gillette de Narbonne (opéra comique; 3 acts; Book and
lyrics by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru); Théâtre
des Bouffes-Parisiens 11 November, 1882
- Les pommes d'or (operetta-féerie; Book and lyrics by
Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru) 1883 Paris
- La dormeuse éveillée (opéra comique;
Book and lyrics by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru) 1883 Paris
- Serment d'amour (opéra comique; 3 acts; Book and lyrics
by Maurice Ordonneau) 1886 Paris; As The Crowing Hen; English
adaptation by Mary Bella Beale Brainerd; Wallack's Theatre,
New York 29 May, 1886 (43 pers); As The Bridal Trap; American
adaptation by Sydney Rosenfeld; Bijou Opera House, New York
31 May, 1886 (28 perfs)
- Indiana (opéra-comique; 3 acts; Libretto by Henry B.
Farnie) Star Theatre, New York 17 January 1887 (35 perfs)
- La cigale et la fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant) (opéra
comique; 3 acts; Book and lyrics by Henri Chivot and Alfred
Duru) Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris 30
October, 1886; As La Cigale; English adaptation by F.C. Burnand;
Garden Theatre New York, 26 October 1891 (112 perfs)
- La fiancée des verts poteaux (opéra comique;
Libretto by Maurice Ordonneau) 1887 Paris
- Le puits qui parle (opéra comique; Book and lyrics
by Beaumont and Paul Burani) 1888 Paris
- La petite fronde (opéra comique; 3 acts; Book and
lyrics by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru) Paris 1888; As The Wedding
Day; Libretto by Stanislaus Stange; Casino Theatre, New York;
8 April, 1897 (36 perfs)
- La fille à Cacolet (Vaudeville-operetta; libretto by
Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru) 1889 Paris
- L'uf rouge (opéra comique; Libretto by William
Busnach and Vanloo) 1890 Paris
- Miss Helyett (opéretta; 3 acts; Book and lyrics by
Maxime Boucheron) Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
12 November, 1890
- L'oncle Célestin (operetta bouffe; 3 acts; Book and
lyrics by Maurice Ordonneau and Henri Kéroul) Menus Plaisirs
Paris 24 March, 1891; As Uncle Celestin; English translation
by George Millet, Lyrics by Fred Lyster; Casino Theatre, New
York, 15 February, 1892 (60 perfs)
- Article de Paris (operetta; Libretto by Maxime Boucheron)
1892 Paris
- La Sainte Freya (opéra comique; Libretto by Maxime
Boucheron) 1892 Paris
- Madame Suzette (operetta; Libretto by André Sylvane
and Maurice Ordonneau) 1893 Paris
- Mon Prince (opéra comique; Libretto by Charles Clairville
and André Silvain) 1893 Paris
- L'Enlèvement de la Toledad (operetta; libretto by Fabrice
Carré) 1894 Paris
- La Duchesse de Ferrare (operetta; libretto by Maxime Boucheron)
Théâtre de Bouffes-Parisiens 25 January, 1895
- La Poupée (The Doll) (opéra comique; 4 acts;
Book and lyrics by Maurice Ordonneau) Théâtre de
la Gaîté Paris 31 October, 1896
- Monsieur Lohengrin (operetta; Libretto by Fabrice Carré)
1896 Paris
- Les petites femmes (operetta; Libretto by André Sylvane)
1897 Paris
- Les soeurs Gaudichard (opéra comique; Libretto by Maurice Ordonneau) 1898 Paris