Service du grand chambellan : Memoire de peinture de decoration pour le Theatre de Tuileries : manuscript, 1810 Jan. 22.

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Isabey, Jean-Baptiste, 1767-1855

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French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified Duke, 1819 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269533935 ...

Théâtre des Tuileries (Paris, France)

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John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

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France. Maison de l'empereur et roi.

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In 1810, Isabey was the dessinateur de Cabinet et des Theatres de la Cour, Ciceri and Gigun were scene painters, and Molinos and Rondelet were on the Comité consultatif des batiments de la Couronne; Pimmalione was premiered at the Tuileries 30 November 1809, and revived there in 1812. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Service du grand chambellan : Memoire de peinture de decoration pour le Theatre de Tuileries : manuscript, 1810 Jan. 22. (Harvard University)...

Rondelet, Jean Baptiste, 1734-1829

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The French architect Jean Baptiste Rondelet, a disciple of Soufflot, was one of the organizers of the new Ecole polytechnique, professor at the Ecole des beaux-arts, and member of the Institut de France. He wrote about architecture, including the five-volume Traîté de l'art de bâtir. From the description of Letter to count Charles Claude d'Angiviller, Rome, 1784 Aug. 4. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82588848 ...

Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was an Italian composer and music instructor. He was a child music prodigy who went on to write many popular operas as an adult. He moved to France in 1785, where he continued to live and work, successfully surviving the tumultuous regime changes of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. After the end of the eighteenth century, Cherubini's operatic work was less successful and so he began composing church music. In 1822, he became director of the prestigious Conser...

Päer, Ferdinando, 1771-1839

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From the opera first performed Vienna, 18 December 1800. German version: Der lustige Schuster.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture to the opera Der lustige Schuster / F. Baer [sic]. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53081483 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 4 February 1835, to M. [Edouard] Robert at the Théâtre des Italiens, 1835 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Molinos, Jacques, 1743-1831

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Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles, 1782-1868

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Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri (Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, 17 August 1782 – Saint-Chéron, Essonne, 22 August 1868) was a leading French set designer of his era. He was chief set designer for the Paris Opera from 1810 to 1847, and created the set designs for over 300 ballets and operas in his long career. In addition to his work at the Paris Opera, he designed for many of the leading theaters in Paris, including the Odéon, Palais-Royal, Comédie-Française, Théâtre des Nouveautés and the Théâtre de...

Gigun, M., fl. 1810-1815.

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