Giovanni Josse

Giovanni Maria Josse (Tolosa, 13 February 1815 - 12 June 1884) was an Italian composer and conductor. Better known by his French name Jean-Marie Josse while active in Paris during the 1840s and 1850s, at the end of his life he returned to Italy to stage his first opera.

Works
  • L'ermite, ou la tentation, oratorio fantastique en quatre parties Paris, 25 August 1848.[1]
  • Le talisman, Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique-Favart Paris 12 July 1850
  • La lega, opera after Henri III et sa cour by Alexandre Dumas. La Scala, Milan 25 January 1876[2][3]

References
  1. A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 4: The Oratorio in the Nineteenth Century 0807837784 Howard E. Smither - 2012 "Among those from the 1840s is L'ermite, ou la tentation, oratorio fantastique en quatre parties, by Jean-Marie Josse. ... staged, was first performed in concert form at the Opéra on 25 August 1848."
  2. BILIOGRAFIA ITALIANA - Page 19 1876 "La Lega, dramma lirico in 4 atti, tratto dal dramma Enrico III e la sua Corte, di Alessandro Dumas, traduzione di C. d'Ormeville; posto in musica da Giovanni Josse. Milano, tip. E. Molinari e comp. in-16. pag. 46. — L. 1.
  3. The Musical World - Volume 54 - Page 132 1876 Josse's opera, La Lega, at the Scala, has created, at the best, a succes d'estime. Sig. Josse is no longer young, and, judging from his first essay on the lyric stage, I do not fancy he has much chance of distinction. The book, founded upon the elder Dumas' Henri III. et sa Cour, has an exciting plot, and offers some good situations. But the composer has not been happy. He is deficient in originality, and, to atone for this, he borrows from all sources.... Notwithstanding it has been much curtailed, La Lega was more coldly received than on the first performance. Sig. Gayarre and Signora Valleria, however, still distinguish themselves.


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