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Isidore de Lara, born Isidore Cohen (August 9, 1858 - August 2, 1935), was a composer of art songs & operas. He was natural around London and his early operas were produced at Covent Garden. His late works (of which a best known was Messaline, which inspired an Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting), were produced at Monte Carlo, where he met, & down a road became the lover of, Princess Alice of Monaco. He died in August 2, 1935, in Paris.
His operas include:
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Lara, Isidore de Biography showing studies, major genres, private patronage, and promotion of new music from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. Isidore de Lara Biographical sketch with links to related material, partial list of operas, and details of his affair with Princess Alice of Monaco from Wikipedia. Isidore de Lara Listing at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with linked to selected vocal texts. Lara, Isidore de Listing at JewishEncyclopedia.com from the Jewish Yearbook of 1901 notes some of the works he'd composed by that time. |
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