Joseph Legros

Joseph Legros ( born September 8, 1739 Monampteuil at Laon, † December 20, in La Rochelle, 1793) was a French singer (Haute- contre ) and composer of classical music.

Life

His musical education was Joseph Legros as a chorister at the Cathedral of Laon. After his voice broke Legros developed a powerful contralto voice and came through the mediation of François Rebel to the Académie royale de musique. He made his highly acclaimed debut at the Opera Titon et l' Aurore by Jean -Joseph Cassanéa de Ville Mondo. Legros became famous after he was able to bring his skills as a singer to advantage in almost every title roles of the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck. With similar great success, he joined numerous operas of Niccolò Piccinni in appearance. He also competed in several haute - contre roles in the operas of Jean -Philippe Rameau and François -Joseph Gossec. Already in 1777 he took over the management of the Concert spiritual, a task to which he devoted himself after his retirement from the stage completely together with Marie -Alexandre Guénin. Legros was the Concert spiritual several works by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart perform, in the latter he ordered in 1778 the Paris Symphony, K. 297 Under his successful leadership, the institution opened more than before the opera and of Italian music, he remained head of the Concert spiritual to the resolution in the revolutionary year 1790.

Work

The ballet héroique Hylas et Eglé, which was premiered in 1775 at the Paris Opera, he co-wrote with Léopold- Bastien Desormery ( 1740-1810 ). Legros Opera Anacréon did not arrive at the performance.