Gil-Pérès, real name Jules-Charles Pérès Jolin, (9 July 1822 – 30 January 1882) was a 19th-century French stage actor and vaudevilliste, who was a member of the troupe of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in the mid-19th century, and created several roles in Offenbach operettas.
Gil-Pérès | |
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 Gil-Pérès in the role of Cascaro (Les trois fils de Cadet-Roussel) : portrait by Lhéritier (1860) | |
| Born | Jules-Charles Pérès Jolin 9 July 1822 |
| Died | 30 January 1882 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Stage actor |
He was also noted for his collaboration in the plays of Labiche, often as servants.
He was buried in Passy Cemetery, where his epitaph is « le connaître, c’était l’aimer » ("to know him was to love him"); the monument was sculpted by Amédée Donatien Doublemard.[1]
He is portrayed in the 1977 French television series 'Les Folies Offenbach' by Christian Marin.
Some roles
edit- 1852 (8 May): Les Suites d'un premier lit, one-act comedy mingled with songs by Eugène Labiche, Théâtre du Vaudeville : Piquoiseau
- 1854 (9 September) : Le Baiser à l'étrier, vaudeville in one act by Edouard Brisebarre, Eugène Nyon, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 1857 (26 January) : Le Bras d'Ernest, vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : title role
- 1860 : Les Trois Fils de Cadet-Roussel by Michel Delaporte, Charles Varin and Paul Laurencin, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 1861 : La Beauté du diable, vaudeville in 3 acts by Eugène Grangé and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : La Roussotte
- 1863 (9 May): Le Brésilien, comedy by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal[2]
- 1864 (21 December): Le Photographe, comédie-vaudeville by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal [3]
- 1865 : La Succession Bonnet; comédie-vaudeville, by the duc de Morny, with a rondeau for Gridou (Gil-Pérès) by Offenbach, Corps législatif[4]
- 1866 (2 May) : Le Myosotis, vaudeville in one act, by William Busnach, music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : Cornillon
- 1866 (31 October): La Vie parisienne, opéra-bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal:[5] Bobinet
- 1868 (6 May): Le château à Toto, opéra bouffe in three acts, music by Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal: Le Baron de Crécy-Crécy
- 1874 (2 April) : Le Homard, vaudeville in one act, by Edmond Gondinet Théâtre du Palais-Royal : Romanèche
- 1874 (24 November) : La Boule, comédie in four acts, by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : La Musardière
References
edit- ^ Cimetières de France page for GIL-PERÈS accessed 20 May 2016
- ^ Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre vol. V, Calmann-Lévy, 1900 (p. 367-424).
- ^ Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre vol. VII, Calmann-Lévy, 1902.
- ^ Yon, Jean-Claude. Jacques Offenbach. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000, p297.
- ^ Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy, La Vie parisienne, Michel Lévy frères, 1867 (2nd edition).
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