Jules Costé

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Occupation LawyerComposer

Born 13 February 1828 Colmar Died 12 November 1883, Paris, France

Edme Jules called Jules Costé, (13 February 1828 – 12 November 1883) was an 19th-century French lawyer and composer of operettas and opéras-comiques.

Main works

1855: Jacqueline ou la Fille du soldat, one-act opéra-comique , libretto by Eugène Scribe, Léon Battu and Edouard Fournier, music with the comte d'Osmond, presented at the Comédie Italienne, 15 Mai

1855: Une pleine eau, one-act opérette bouffe, libretto by Ludovic Halévy (under the pseudonym Jules Servières), music with the comte d'Osmond, Bouffes-Parisiens, 29 August

1868: Les Horreurs de la guerre, two-act opéra bouffe, libretto by Philippe Gille (Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique, then Théâtre de l'Athénée, 9 December)

1868: La Paix armée, one-act operetta (Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique, 16 April)

1872: Le Service obligatoire, three-act opérette bouffe, libretto by Albert Marion, Henri Meilhac and Fournier-Sarloveze, music with Emmanuel Chabrier and René de Boisdeffre (Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique, 21 December)

1873: Au harem, one-act ballet (in comte d'Osmond's home, 5 June)

1874: Cent mille francs et ma fille, four-act opérette bouffe, libretto by Jaime fils and Philippe Gille (Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, 27 April).

1876: Le Dada, three-act comédie en vaudeville} by Edmond Gondinet (Théâtre des Variétés, 18 February)

Les Poupées parisiennes, pièce fantastique in 4 acts by Adolphe-Antoine-Gaston Marot and Henri Buguet, music with Léo Delibes, Victorin Joncières, Gaston Serpette and René de Boisdeffre (Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique, 6 February)

1880: Les Charbonniers, one-act operetta, libretto by Philippe Gille (Théâtre des Variétés, 4 April ; Opéra Garnier, 23 December)

1881: L’Arche de Noé, oratorio fantaisiste

1883: La Belle Catherine, one-act operetta, libretto by marquis de Massa and de Mesgrigny (Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique, 6 January)

References

Jules Costé Wikipedia

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