Charles Lecocq

Alexandre Charles Lecocq ( born June 3, 1832 in Paris, † October 24, 1918 ) was a French composer of operettas.

Lecocq was born as one of five children from a poor family. He was handicapped since childhood and rely on crutches. From 1849 he studied at the same time with Bizet and Saint- Saëns at the Paris Conservatory harmony with Bazin, composition with Halévy and - despite his handicap, not without success - the organ with Benoist. The musical public was aware of Lecocq, when he along with Bizet won the first prize for an operetta Le docteur Miracle in 1856 which was organized by Offenbach competition for the first time. This price determined his future career, Lecocq prescribed from then on but the light and pleasing musical genre. His biggest success was the operetta La Fille de Madame Angot, which is a classic of the operetta repertoire to this day.

Overall, Lecocq wrote more than 50 operettas and over 100 songs.

Lecocqs music is tuneful and pleasing. She sat on the particular musical tastes. In it, find theatrical effects as well as strong lyrical games. Some of his more sophisticated operetta called Lecocq even opéras comiques.

Works (selection)

  • Le Docteur Miracle, 1857
  • La fleur du thé, 1868
  • Les Cent Vierges, 1872
  • La Fille de Madame Angot, Paris and London, 1873
  • Giroflé - Girofla, Brussels 1874
  • Les Prés Saint- Gervais, Paris and London, 1874
  • La Petite Mariée, Paris, 1875
  • Le Petit Duc, Paris and London in 1878
  • La Camargo ( libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo ), opéra comique 3 acts ( November 20, 1878 Paris, Théâtre Renaissance )
  • La Petite Mademoiselle, Paris, 1879
  • Le Jour et la Nuit, Paris, 1881
  • Le Coeur et la main, Paris, 1882
  • La Princesse des Canaries, Paris, 1883
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