Camille Erlanger

Camille Erlanger (25 May 1863 – 24 April 1919) was a French opera composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatory under Léo Delibes (composition), Georges Mathias (piano), as well as Émile Durand and Antoine Taubon (harmony). In 1888 he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Velléda. His most famous opera, Le Juif polonais, was produced at the Opéra-Comique in 1900.

Erlanger died in Paris and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

A street in Quebec City, Avenue Erlanger, is named after Erlanger.

The opera L'Aube rouge was revived at the Wexford Festival (2023) directed by Guillaume Tourniaire and Christophe Manien. Broadcast in November on Raidió Teilifís Éireann and BBC Radio 3.

A concert version of La Sorcière was given on December 12, 2023 in Geneva's Victoria Hall, again conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire., and was recorded for a CD on the B.records label, released on October 4, 2024:

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