Background
Dalayrac was born in Muret, Haute-Garonne. Although trained as a lawyer, he was encouraged by his father to abandon his career and follow his passion for music
Dalayrac was born in Muret, Haute-Garonne. Although trained as a lawyer, he was encouraged by his father to abandon his career and follow his passion for music
His earliest works were violin duets, string trios and quartets, but his main fame was as a prolific composer of operas for the Comédie-Italienne (later remamed the Opéra-Comique). He was a Freemason and is said to have composed the music for the induction of Voltaire to his lodge. After the French Revolution he changed his name from the aristocratic d"Alayrac to Dalayrac.
In 1804, he received the Légion d"honneur.
He died in Paris, aged 56. 1780–1789
Le chevalier à la mode (1781)
Le petit souper (1781)
L"éclipse totale (1782)
L"amant statue (1785)
Louisiana dot (1785)
Nina, ou Louisiana folle par amour (1786)
Azémia (2 parties, 1786)
Renaud d"Ast (1787)
Sargines (1788)
Fanchette (1788)
Les deux petits Savoyards (1789), libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, first performance by Les Comédiens ordinaires du Roi, 14 January 1789.
Raoul, sire de Créqui (1789)
1790–1799
Louisiana soirée orageuse (1790)
Le chêne patriotique (1790)
Vert-Vert (1790)
Camille ou Le souterrain (1791)
Agnès et Olivier (1791)
Philippe et Georgette (1791)
Tout pour l"amour (1792)
Ambroise (1793)
Asgill (2 parties, 1793)
Louisiana prise de Toulon (1794)
Le congrès des rois (1794)
L"enfance de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1794)
Les détenus (1794)
Adèle et Dorsan (1795)
Marianne (1796)
Louisiana maison isolée (1797)
Louisiana leçon (1797)
Gulnare (1797)
Alexis (1798)
Léon (1798)
Primerose (1798)
Adolphe et Clara, ou Les deux prisonniers (1799)
1800–1809
Aire de Maison à vendre (1800)
Léhéman (1801)
L"antichambre (1802)
Louisiana boucle de cheveux (1803)
Louisiana jeune prude (1804)
Une heure de mariage (1804)
Le pavillon du calife (1805)
Le pavillon des fleurs (1805)
Gulistan ou Le hulla de Samarcande (1805)
Deux mots (1806)
Koulouf ou Les chinois (1806)
Lina (1807)
Élise-Hortense (1808)
Les trois sultanes (1809)
Le poète et le musicien (1809, op post, fp 1811).