Henri Rabaud (10 November 1873 – 11 September 1949) was a French conductor and composer.
Rabaud was born in Paris, France, the son of cellist and a singer, Hippolyte Rabaud (1839–1900), who was a professor of cello at the Paris Conservatory. Henri studied with André Gédalge and Jules Massenet at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1908, he became the conductor at the Paris Opéra at the Opéra-Comique and from 1914 to 1918 he directed the Opéra. He was mus...
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Henri Rabaud (10 November 1873 – 11 September 1949) was a French conductor and composer.
Rabaud was born in Paris, France, the son of cellist and a singer, Hippolyte Rabaud (1839–1900), who was a professor of cello at the Paris Conservatory. Henri studied with André Gédalge and Jules Massenet at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1908, he became the conductor at the Paris Opéra at the Opéra-Comique and from 1914 to 1918 he directed the Opéra. He was musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for only one season before returning to Paris. Following the resignation Gabriel Fauré in 1922, Rabaud was his successor as director of the Paris Conservatory where he remained until 1941. He was conductor, and director the Paris Opéra orchestra for ten years.
Rabaud's cantata, Daphné, won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1894. Rabaud's comic opera Mâruf, savetier du Caire combines the Wagnerian and the exotic. He wrote other operas, including L’appel de la mer based on Synge’s Riders to the Sea,...
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