Claude Terrasse

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Claude Terrasse (born 1867 at L'Arbresle, Rhône; died 1923 in Paris) was a French composer of operettas.

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 became known by writing the music for the play Ubu Roi of 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 was buried in the cemetery of Montmartre.

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La petite femme de Loth - opera buffa in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard (first presented at the Theater of the Mathurins, Paris; October 1, 1900)
Les travaux d'Hercule - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris; March 7, 1901)
Monsieur de la Palisse - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Paris; November 2, 1904)
Le sire de Vergy - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; April 16, 1903)
Le mariage de Télémaque - comic opera in 5 acts - lyrics by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; May 4, 1910)
Les lucioles - ballet by Mme. Mariquita - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; December 28, 1910)
Pantagruel - opera in 5 acts - lyrics by Alfred Jarry and Eugène Demolder (January 30, 1911)
Miss Alice des P.T.T. musical comedy in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire - (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; December 14, 1912)
Faust en ménage - lyric fantasy in one act - lyrics by Albert Carré - (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; January 5, 1924)
Vive la France! – Trilogie à grand spectacle (trilogy of a great spectacle) - lyrics by Franc-Nohain - (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; March 29, 1898)