Audran Edmond Achille, *12 April 1840 Lyon, †16 August 1901 Bazincourt-sur-Epte (Eure), French operetta composer. He studied in Paris at the École Niedermeyer under C. Saint-Saëns. From 1861, he was choirmaster at St-Joseph Church in Marseille. Here he wrote many sacred compositions, including a mass (1873) and the oratorio La Sulamite (1876), as well as songs to words by J. de La Fontaine, A. de Lamartine, C. Hugues, and others. Already during this period, he began composing operettas, which became the main focus of his work after he moved to Paris in 1879. He wrote over 30 operettas; of those listed here, the first three had their world premieres in Marseille, followed by Paris.
Literature: B. Grun Kulturgeschichte der Operette, Berlin 1967, Polish ed. Dzieje operetki, trans. M. Kurecka, Krakow 1974.
operettas:
L’ours et le pacha, libretto E. Scribe, staged in 1862
La chercheuse d’esprit, libretto Ch.S. Favart, staged in 1864
Le Grand Mogol, libretto H. Chivot and Duru, staged in 1877
Les noces d’Olivette, libretto H. Chivot and Duru, staged in 1879
La Mascotte (The Mascot), libretto H. Chivot and Duru, staged in 1880
Gillette de Narbonne, libretto H. Chivot and Duru after Boccaccio and Shakespeare, staged in 1882
La cigale et la fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant), libretto H. Chivot and Duru after La Fontaine, staged in 1890
Miss Helyett, libretto M. Boucheron, staged in 1890
Article de Paris, libretto M. Boucheron, staged in 1892
Madame Suzette, libretto A. Sylvane, M. Ordonneau, staged in 1893
La poupée (The Doll), libretto M. Ordonneau, A. Valabrègue, staged in 1896
