Raoul Moretti
French composer: Born Marseilles10 August 1893: Died 6 March 1954
Stage Works
Operettas:
- En chemyse!; Libretto by Albert Willemetz; Théâtre des Bouffes
Parisiens; 7 March, 1924
- Troublez-moi; Libretto by Yves Mirande; Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens;
17 September 1924
- Trois jeunes filles nues! Libretto by Yves Mirande and Albert Willemetz;
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens; 3 December 1925; Jolson's Theatre,
New York 4 March, 1929 (8 perfs - in repertory)
- Comte Obligado; 3 acts; Libretto by André Barde; Théâtre des Nouveautés
16 December, 1927; Jolson's Theatre, New York 11 March 1929 (4 perfs
- in repertory)
- Rosy; Libretto by André Barde; Folies-Wagram; 11 September
1930
- Six filles à marier; Libretto by René Pujol; Lyrics by Jean Guitton;
Scala; 20 September 1930
- La Femme de minuit Libretto by André Barde; Théâtre des Nouveautés;
11 December 1930
- Un soir de réveillon; Libretto by Paul Armont, Marcel Gerbidon
and Jean Boyer; Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens; 17 December 1932
- Les Soeurs Hortensia; Libretto by Henri Duvernois and André
Barde; Lyrics by André Barde; Théâtre des Nouveautés, Paris;
12 April 1934
- Les Joies du Capitole; Libretto by Jacques Bousquet, Lyrics by Albert
Willemetz; La Madeleine, Paris; 25 February, 1935
- Simone est comme ça; Libretto by Albert Willemetz, Yves Mirande
& Alex Madis; Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens; 5 March, 1936
- Figaro 36; Libretto by Varenne/Dieudonné; Théâtre de l'ABC, 27 November,
1936
- Destination Inconnue; Libretto by René Pujol and Jean Beaurel;
Trianon de Bordeaux, 17 November, 1939
- Le Mariage de Blanche-Neige; Libretto by Maurice Bourbon; Annonay,
2 March, 1941
- Monsieur Colibri; Libretto by Georges Brouens and Georges Chaillant, Couplets de Moretti et Raphaël Derossi; Opéra de Marseille; 20 December, 1946
Further information can be obtained from www.comedie-musicale.org/Moretti_bio.htm. NB - The site is in French