Background
Alfred Bruneau was born on the 3rd of March, 1857 in Paris, France
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Alfred Bruneau was born on the 3rd of March, 1857 in Paris, France
As a youth, Bruneau studied the cello at the Paris Conservatory, and played in the Pasdeloup orchestra.
Alfred Bruneau soon began to compose, writing a cantata, Genevieve de Paris while still a young manitoba In 1884 his Ouverture heroique was performed, followed by the choral symphonies, Léda (1884), Louisiana belle au bois dormant (1886). In 1887, he produced his first opera, Kérim.
The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the two men that would last for two decades.
Bruneau"s 1891 opera Le rêve was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in the coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau"s works, including L"attaque du moulin (1893). Zola himself wrote the libretti for the operas Messidor (1897) and L"Ouragan (1901).
Other works influenced by Zola include L"enfant roi (1905), Naïs Micoulin (1907), Les quatres journées (1916), and Lazare (produced posthumously in 1954). Other operatic works by Bruneau contained themes by Hans Christian Andersen (Le jardin du Paris in 1923) and Victor Hugo (Angelo, tyran de Padoue in 1928).
Bruneau"s orchestral works show the influence of Wagner.
His other works include his Requiem (1888) and two collections of songs, Lieds de France and Chansons à danser. Bruneau was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1895. He died in Paris in 1934.
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