Paul Burani
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Paul Burani born 26 March 1845 in Paris and died 9 October 1901, was a French author, actor, song-writer and librettist.
He collaborated on libretti for the following operas:
Le Sire de Fisch Ton Kan was a popular song during the Paris Commune
(1871), with words by Paul Burani and music by Antonin Louis, which denounced Napoléon III who was leading France to military disasters; the song contains many plays on words.
He collaborated on libretti for the following operas:
- Le droit du seigneur (with Maxime Boucheron), music by Léon Vasseur - 1878
- Le billet de logement (with Boucheron), Vasseur - 1879
- Le petit Parisien (with Boucheron), Vasseur - 1882
- François les bas-bleusFrançois les bas-bleusFrançois les bas-bleus is an opéra comique in three acts of 1883, with a French libretto by Ernest Dubreuil, Eugène Humbert, Paul Burani, and music by Firmin Bernicat, completed by André Messager.-Background:...
(with Ernest Dubreuil and Eugène Humbert), André MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
- 1883 - Le mariage au tambour (after Alexandre Dumas), Vasseur - 1886
- Le roi malgré luiLe roi malgré luiLe roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not found a place in the repertory, mainly because of the poor libretto...
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), Emmanuel ChabrierEmmanuel ChabrierEmmanuel Chabrier was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas , songs, and piano music as well...
- 1887 - Ninon de Lenclos (with Blavet), Vasseur, 1887
- Le puits qui parle (with Beaumont), Edmond AudranEdmond AudranAchille Edmond Audran was a French composer best known for several internationally successful operettas, including Les noces d'Olivette , La mascotte , Gillette de Narbonne , La cigale et la fourmi , Miss Helyett , and La poupée .After Audran's initial success in Paris, his works also became a...
- 1888 - Le prince soleil (with Hippolyte Raymond), Vasseur - 1889
- Le commandant Laripete (with Silvestre, Valabrigue), Vasseur - 1892
- Le Cabinet Piperlin (with Raymond), Hervé - 1897
Le Sire de Fisch Ton Kan was a popular song during the Paris Commune
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
(1871), with words by Paul Burani and music by Antonin Louis, which denounced Napoléon III who was leading France to military disasters; the song contains many plays on words.