Adolphe Jadin

French librettist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench librettist
PlacesFrance
wasLibrettist Journalist Writer Playwright Singer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism Literature Music
Gender
Male
Birth4 May 1794, Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France
Death2 November 1867L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France (aged 73 years)
Star signTaurus
Family
Father:Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
The details

Biography

Adolphe Jadin (4 May 1794 – 2 November 1867) was a French journalist, chansonnier, librettist and playwright, the son of Louis Emmanuel Jadin.

A bodyguard for Louis XVIII, then for Charles X, captain in the cavalry, his plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: the Théâtre Beaumarchais, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, Théâtre des Nouveautés, etc.

Works

  • 1814: Serment français, 1814
  • 1823: Fanfan et Colas, ou les frères de lait, opéra comique
  • 1825: Ronde en l'honneur du sacre de Charles dix, music by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
  • 1826: Le Pari, vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne
  • 1829: Le Vieux marin, ou Une campagne imaginaire, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Théodore Anne and Emmanuel Théaulon
  • 1830: Quoniam, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts
  • 1831: Le Carnaval et les arrêts, ou La Famille impromptu, folie-vaudeville in 1 act
  • 1832: Souvenirs de France et d'Écosse
  • 1836: L'Amour et l'homéopathie, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Henri de Tully, 1836
  • undated: Auprès de toi toute ma vie !, nocturne for 2 voices, music by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
  • undated: La Fête du roi !, music by L. Jadin
  • undated: La fille du pauvre, romance, music by Auguste Andrade
  • undated: Fuyer cette Beauté cruelle !, romance, music by L. Jadin
  • undated: Gentille Adèle !, song, music by L. Jadin
  • undated: Trois Nocturnes à 2 voix, music by L. Jadin
  • undated: Album lyrique composé de douze romances, chansonnettes & nocturnes, with twelve lithographies by Jules David
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