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provided the music. The work was produced at the Opera on 11 September 1839, but was poorly received. It was withdrawn after its seventh performance on 11 October for revision and was compressed to two acts. On 22 January 1840 it was performed in its new version on a double-bill with the 3-act ballet
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Levin 2009, p. 382, and
Gerhard 1998, p. 35, say Pillet joined Duponchel as a co-director on 1 June 1840, while Fontaine 2003, p. 23, gives the date as 1 June 1841. Fontaine is probably incorrect, however, since Guest 2008, p. 326, mentions that in 1840 Pillet, "as Director of the Opera", sent an
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at the Paris Opera, became Pillet's mistress, and he began to insist that every opera should have a starring role for her. This eventually caused dissension within the company and a scandal. Pillet may have had a child with Stoltz, if one is to believe the
Escudier brothers'
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in 1827, serving mainly as its drama critic. Later, when the suppression of the privileges of the major journals gave more leeway to the enterprise, he became its editor, transforming it into a political newspaper and embracing the
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beginning in 1836 as the Royal
Commissioner and Secretary of the Special Commission for the Conservatoire and Royal Theatres. In this position Pillet was the administrator with responsibility for the Paris Opera.
110:, but ticket sales came to a paltry 1,237 francs and 30 centimes, and it was dropped, after its sixth performance in its revised form on 1 May 1840. Pillet by this time had also written libretti for a series of
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Duponchel retired in October 1841. Fontaine 2003, p. 23, gives the year 1843 for the beginning of Pillet's sole directorship, while Levin 2009, p. 383, gives 1 June 1842.
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Born
Raymond-François-Léon Pillet in Paris, he was the son of Fabien Pillet (1772–1855), who was a journalist and French administrator. After attending the Lycée Napoléon (now the
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to compose an opera for the company in
November 1845 and February 1846, but Verdi declined. Within a week of Verdi's arrival in Paris on 27 July 1847, Duponchel and
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he signed the journalists' protest against government restrictions on the press, and during the three days 26, 27, and 28 July, his journal, now known simply as the
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On 1 June 1840, as a political favor, Pillet, who was "neither an artist nor a true entrepreneur", was appointed to a co-directorship of the
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Maurice Parturier avec la collaboration de Pierre Josserand et Jean Mallion
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from 1840 to 1847. A political appointee, he was probably the least successful director of the Paris Opera in the 19th century.
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joined Pillet as co-directors (31 July 1847), and Verdi received his first commission from the company, agreeing to adapt
200:, declined to work with Pillet after 1845. Pillet was attacked by the press and suffered financial losses at the theater.
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Pillet also had aspirations as a librettist. During his time as
Commissioner, he cowrote the libretto for the 3-act opera
929:
Levin, Alicia (2009). "A documentary overview of musical theaters in Paris, 1830–1900" in Fauser 2009, pp. 379–402.
63:, was published several times each day. Having supported the change to a more conservative government which occurred on
144:, but was unable to convince him that the music was worth producing. Pillet used Wagner's idea to produce a new opera,
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to say that the Opera was run by "political appointees, as a reward." Wagner sold Pillet the sketch of his opera
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Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914
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22:(6 December 1803 – 20 March 1868), was a 19th-century French journalist, civil servant, and director of the
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184:, who blamed Pillet for the continued failure to mount Donizetti's unfinished
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The
Urbanization of Opera: Music theatre in Paris in the Nineteenth Century
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Visages de marbre et d'airain: La collection de bustes du Palais Garnier
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The Nation's Image: French Grand Opera as Politics and Politicized Art
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emissary to London to negotiate a reappearance of the ballerina
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On top of this, both the most successful librettist of the day,
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514:, where he remained until 1861, when he became the consul to
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Huebner, Steven (2001). "Pillet, Léon (François Raymond" in
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770:
Fauser, Annegret, editor; Everist, Mark, editor (2009).
482:(20 October 1847), 2-act pantomime-ballet with music by
324:(1 February 1844), 3-act pantomime ballet with music by
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Music, Theater, and Cultural Transfer. Paris, 1830–1914
464:(26 April 1847), 2-act pantomime-ballet with music by
238:(28 June 1841), 2-act fantastic ballet with music by
870:, editor, vol. 3, p. 1013. London: Macmillan.
194:, who did not want to cast Stoltz in his new opera
173:(April 1843), which reported that they had gone to
510:In 1849 Pillet was appointed the French consul to
883:Fromental Halévy: His Life & Music, 1799–1862
126:, where he joined the already resident director,
903:, volume 2 . Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles.
832:Richard Wagner: his life, his work, his Century
501:(premiered shortly after Pillet's retirement)
75:In 1834 Pillet received a government post as
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774:. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
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299:(15 March 1843), 5-act grand opera by Halévy
901:Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l'Opéra
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916:Grand dictionnaire universel du XIX siècle
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322:Lady Henriette ou la servante de Greenwich
286:Le vaisseau fantôme, ou Le maudit des mers
804:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
497:(26 November 1847), 4-act grand opera by
340:Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant
315:(13 November 1843), 5-act grand opera by
261:(22 December 1841), 5-act grand opera by
964:Dictionnaire universel des contemporains
789:. Paris: Monum, Éditions du patrimoine.
609:Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country,
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444:(29 June 1846), 2-act opera by Flotow
374:(7 October 1844), 3-act opera by Adam
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46:He took part in the founding of the
932:Parturier, Maurice, editor (1942).
357:(2 September 1844), 3-act opera by
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474:(31 May 1847), 1-act opera by Adam
288:(9 November 1842), 2-act opera by
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328:(Act 1), Burgmüller (Act 2), and
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99:with Adolphe Vannois, for which
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270:(22 June 1842), 2-act opera by
885:. London: Kahn & Averill.
830:Gregor-Dellin, Martin (1983).
435:(3 June 1846), 3-act opera by
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951:. New York: Greenwood Press.
418:(23 March 1846), oratorio by
332:(Act 3), and choreography by
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847:The Romantic Ballet in Paris
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468:and choreography by Coralli
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118:Director of the Paris Opera
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800:Fulcher, Jane (1987).
277:La jolie fille de Gand
242:(additional music by
1034:French opera managers
962:Vapereau, G. (1858).
947:Pitou, Spire (1990).
881:Jordan, Ruth (1994).
731:Fontaine 2003, p. 23.
634:Pitou 1990, p. 1060;
845:Guest, Ivor (2008).
758:Walker 1962, p. 184.
722:Walker 1962, p. 181.
713:Gerhard 1998, p. 35.
704:Jordan 1996, p. 122.
625:Pitou 1990, p. 1060.
486:and choreography by
372:Richard en Palestine
326:Friedrich von Flotow
290:Pierre-Louis Dietsch
244:Friedrich Burgmüller
152:Pierre-Louis Dietsch
101:Henri Ruolz-Montchal
981:. New York: Knopf.
668:at the Paris Opera.
416:Moïse au Mont Sinai
409:Lucie de Lammermoor
398:L'étoile de Seville
147:Le vaisseau fantôme
137:The Flying Dutchman
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479:La Fille de marbre
390:Le diable à quatre
258:La reine de Chypre
171:La france musicale
897:Lajarte, Théodore
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