Laparra, Raoul

Laparra, Raoul – La Habanera, Prélude et trois entr’actes / Extrait de La Habanera (drame lyrique)

(b. Bordeaux, France, 13 May 1876 – d. during the Allied bombing of Boulogne-Billancourt, France 4 April 1943)

Excerpted from La habanera: Drame lyrique en trois actes
(poème et musique de R. Laparra)

Dedication:
À Monsieur et Madame Albert Carré.
Albert Carré (1852-1938) and Marguerite Giraud-Carré (1880-1947) were significant figures in the Parisian theatrical world, serving as director and soprano star of the Opéra-Comique. Albert produced Laparra’s La Habanera in 1908.

“Mr. Laparra, poet and musician, found in Mr. Albert Carré not just a director, but a collaborator who, with the assuredness of an artist, knew how to give his lyrical drama the setting it deserved. His staging is a masterpiece.” [M. Laparra, poète et musicien, a trouvé dans M. Albert Carré non pas un directeur mais un collaborateur qui avec une sûreté d’artiste a su donner à son drame lyrique le cadre qui lui convenait. Sa mise en scène est un chef-d’oeuvre.”] in Debay, “La habanera; Ghyslaine.”

Publications/Premieres
Early performances of the opera: 26 February 1908, Opéra-Comique, Paris
& Fall 1908, Metropolitan Opera, New York City
Published (full score & piano reduction by the composer): Paris, 1907
Libretto: Paris, 1908.
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