Jean Doussard
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Jean Doussard is a French conductor.
He was born in Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance
. Doussard began his studies at the Music Conservatory of Angers
, and later at the Paris Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Jean Fournet
, Paul Van Kempen, and Ferdinand Leitner
. He won first prize at the international music competition of Besançon
in 1952, and Siena
in 1953.
He began his career as conductor of the "Orchestre Radio Symphonique" of Algiers
(1953-55). He was then named first conductor of the "International Ballet du Marquis de Cuervas" (1956-61), and with that formation went on tour in China.
After making guest appearances at the Opéra de Lyon and the Opéra de Paris, he became permanent conductor at the opera house of Nancy from 1975 to 1979, and at the Opéra de Lille
from 1979 onwards.
He was born in Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.-References:*...
. Doussard began his studies at the Music Conservatory of Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, and later at the Paris Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Jean Fournet
Jean Fournet
Jean Fournet was a French conductor.Fournet’s father was a flutist who gave him some instruction on the flute and music theory. Fournet was then trained at the Conservatoire de Paris in flute by Gaston Blanquart and Marcel Moyse, and conducting by Philippe Gaubert...
, Paul Van Kempen, and Ferdinand Leitner
Ferdinand Leitner
Ferdinand Leitner was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as a pianist, through the help of Fritz Busch, he became a conductor in the 1930s...
. He won first prize at the international music competition of Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
in 1952, and Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
in 1953.
He began his career as conductor of the "Orchestre Radio Symphonique" of Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
(1953-55). He was then named first conductor of the "International Ballet du Marquis de Cuervas" (1956-61), and with that formation went on tour in China.
After making guest appearances at the Opéra de Lyon and the Opéra de Paris, he became permanent conductor at the opera house of Nancy from 1975 to 1979, and at the Opéra de Lille
Opéra de Lille
The Opéra de Lille is a theater-style neo-classical opera house, built from 1907 to 1913 and officially inaugurated in 1923.In 1903 fire destroyed the previous Lille opera house, which had been designed by Lille architect Michael Joseph Lequeux and built in 1785. For the replacement city officials...
from 1979 onwards.
Selective discography
- Lecocq - La fille de Madame AngotLa fille de Madame AngotLa fille de Madame Angot is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq. The French text was by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning.-Performance history:...
- (EMI, 1972) - PlanquetteRobert PlanquetteJean Robert Planquette was a French composer of songs and operettas.Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, including Les cloches de Corneville , the length of whose initial London run broke all records for any piece of musical theatre up to that time, and Rip...
- Les cloches de CornevilleLes cloches de CornevilleLes cloches de Corneville is an operetta in three acts, composed by Robert Planquette to a French libretto by Louis Clairville and Charles Gabet based on a play by Gabet.In 1876, the director of the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Louis Cantin, hired Planquette to compose the operetta,...
- (EMI, 1973) - Johann Strauss IIJohann Strauss IIJohann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
- Valses de VienneValses de VienneWalzer aus Wien is a singspiel pasticcio in three acts, libretto by Alfred Maria Willner, Heinz Reichert, and Ernst Marischka, music by Johann Strauss II , arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner, first performed at the Stadttheater in Vienna on 30 October 1930...
- (EMI, 1971)
Sources
- Dictionaire des interprètes, Alain Pâris, (Éditions Robert Laffont, 1989) ISBN 2-221-06660-X