Henri Benjamin Rabaud

Henri Benjamin Rabaud (10 November 1873 – 11 September 1949) was a French composer and conductor of the Paris Opéra at Palais Garnier between 1908 and 1918. The first opera he conducted for the Paris Opéra was Lohengrin on 1 February 1918. Between 1918-1919 he was conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, after which he returned to Paris and became director of the Paris Conversatory, where he had won the Prix de Rome in 1894.^[1]

As a student, Rabaud studied under Gédalge and Jules Massenet. He composed piano and cello pieces as well as symphonic works, an oratorio, and some compositions for the theatre. He created three works for the Opéra-Comique theatre: La Fille de Roland (1904), Maroûf (1914), and L'Appel de la mer (1924). Maroûf was performed 128 times at Opéra-Comique between its premiere in 1914 and 1950.^[1]

References

1 2 Pitou, Spire (1990). The Paris Opera: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers; Growth and Grandeur, 1815-1914; M-Z. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27783-2.

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[pitou-1] 1 2 Pitou, Spire (1990). The Paris Opera: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers; Growth and Grandeur, 1815-1914; M-Z. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27783-2.