Claude Terrasse
Claude Terrasse was a French composer of operettas.
Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, 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.
In 1890, Terrasse married Andrée Bonnard, sister of the artist Pierre Bonnard. By 1899, they had six children, several of whom appear in Bonnard paintings. Their son Charles Terrasse published a monograph on Bonnard in 1927.
Terrasse died in Paris, and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.
Works
Vive la France! – Trilogie à grand spectacle – libretto by Franc-Nohain – La petite femme de Loth – Opéra bouffe in 3 acts – libretto by Tristan Bernard Les travaux d'Hercule – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – Le sire de Vergy – Opéra bouffe in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – Monsieur de la Palisse – opera in 3 acts – libretto by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet – L'ingénu libertin, ou La Marquise et le Marmiton – conte galant en trois actes – libretto by Louis Artus – Le mariage de Télémaque – Opéra bouffe in 5 acts – libretto by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay – Les lucioles – ballet by Mme. Mariquita – Pantagruel – opera in 5 acts – libretto by Alfred Jarry and Eugène Demolder Miss Alice des P.T.T. musical comedy in 3 acts – lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire – Faust en ménage – lyric fantasy in one act – libretto by Albert Carré –