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'''Claude Terrasse''' (27 January 1867 - 30 June 1923), was a [[France|French]] [[composer]] of [[operetta]]s.
Claude Terrasse was considered by some as the true successor to [[Jacques Offenbach]] (1819-1880), one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy.
Terrasse was born in [[L'Arbresle]], [[Rhône (département)|Rhône]]. He became known by writing the music for the play ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by [[Alfred Jarry]] in 1896. In Paris his brother-in-law the painter [[Pierre Bonnard]] introduced him to the artistic world and the ''avant-garde'' [[literature]] and [[art]] of the time. Bonnard also did several portraits of him.
Claude Terrasse died in [[Paris]], and was buried in the cemetery of [[Montmartre]].
==Works==
* ''La petite femme de Loth'' - [[opera buffa]] in 3 acts - [[libretto]] by [[Tristan Bernard]] (first presented at the Theater of the Mathurins, Paris; 1 October 1900)
* ''Les travaux d'Hercule'' - [[opera]] in 3 acts - libretto by [[Robert de Flers]] and [[Gaston Arman de Caillavet]] - ([[Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens]], Paris; 7 March 1901)
* ''Monsieur de la Palisse'' - opera in 3 acts - libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Paris; 2 November 1904)
* ''Le sire de Vergy'' - opera in 3 acts - libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - ([[Opéra-Comique]], Paris; 16 April 1903)
* ''Le mariage de Télémaque'' - [[comic opera]] in 5 acts - libretto by [[Jules Lemaitre]] and Maurice Donnay - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 4 May 1910)
* ''Les lucioles'' - [[ballet]] by Mme. Mariquita - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 28 December 1910)
* ''Pantagruel'' - opera in 5 acts - libretto by [[Alfred Jarry]] and Eugène Demolder (30 January 1911)
* ''Miss Alice des P.T.T.'' [[musical comedy]] in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire - (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; 14 December 1912)
* ''Faust en ménage'' - lyric [[fantasy]] in one act - libretto by Albert Carré - (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; 5 January 1924)
* ''Vive la France!'' – ''Trilogie à grand spectacle'' ([[trilogy]] of a great spectacle) - libretto by [[Franc-Nohain]] - (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; 29 March 1898)
==Bibliography==
* ''Claude Terrasse'' by Philippe Cathé (published by Hexaèdre), 2004.
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'''Claude Terrasse''' (27 January 1867 - 30 June 1923), was a [[France|French]] [[composer]] of [[operetta]]s.
Claude Terrasse was considered by some as the true successor to [[Jacques Offenbach]] (1819-1880), one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy.
Terrasse was born in [[L'Arbresle]], [[Rhône (département)|Rhône]]. He became known by writing the music for the play ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by [[Alfred Jarry]] in 1896. In Paris his brother-in-law the painter [[Pierre Bonnard]] introduced him to the artistic world and the ''avant-garde'' [[literature]] and [[art]] of the time. Bonnard also did several portraits of him.
Claude Terrasse died in [[Paris]], and was buried in the cemetery of [[Montmartre]].
==Works==
* ''La petite femme de Loth'' - [[opera buffa]] in 3 acts - [[libretto]] by [[Tristan Bernard]] (first presented at the Theater of the Mathurins, Paris; 1 October 1900)
* ''Les travaux d'Hercule'' - [[opera]] in 3 acts - libretto by [[Robert de Flers]] and [[Gaston Arman de Caillavet]] - ([[Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens]], Paris; 7 March 1901)
* ''Monsieur de la Palisse'' - opera in 3 acts - libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Paris; 2 November 1904)
* ''Le sire de Vergy'' - opera in 3 acts - libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - ([[Opéra-Comique]], Paris; 16 April 1903)
* ''Le mariage de Télémaque'' - [[comic opera]] in 5 acts - libretto by [[Jules Lemaitre]] and Maurice Donnay - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 4 May 1910)
* ''Les lucioles'' - [[ballet]] by Mme. Mariquita - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; 28 December 1910)
* ''Pantagruel'' - opera in 5 acts - libretto by [[Alfred Jarry]] and Eugène Demolder (30 January 1911)
* ''Miss Alice des P.T.T.'' [[musical comedy]] in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire - (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; 14 December 1912)
* ''Faust en ménage'' - lyric [[fantasy]] in one act - libretto by Albert Carré - (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; 5 January 1924)
* ''Vive la France!'' – ''Trilogie à grand spectacle'' ([[trilogy]] of a great spectacle) - libretto by [[Franc-Nohain]] - (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; 29 March 1898)
==Bibliography==
* ''Claude Terrasse'' by Philippe Cathé (published by Hexaèdre), 2004.
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