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    Alexandre Soumet (French: [sumɛ]; 18 February 1788 – 30 March 1845) was a French poet. Alexandre Soumet was born at Castelnaudary, département of Aude...
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  • borrowed the name (and the plot) from the recent tragedy Norma by Alexandre Soumet. Soumet's choice of name for his title character may possibly have been...
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    after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet. It was first produced at La Scala in Milan on 26 December 1831. The...
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  • for his Symphonie fantastique Fernando Sor (1778–1839), guitarist Alexandre Soumet (1788–1845), poet Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) (1783–1842), writer...
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    Medea, as it had recently been recast for a popular Parisian play by Alexandre Soumet: the chaste goddess (casta diva) addressed in Norma's hit aria is the...
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    by Gioachino Rossini set to a French libretto by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet, which was based on the reworking of some of the music from the composer's...
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  • and biographer. She is remembered for her works on Victor Hugo and Alexandre Soumet and for her support of French culture in Luxembourg. Born in the Neudorf...
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    Académie Française on 8 May 1845, filling the vacated chair of the late Alexandre Soumet. In 1836, Vitet was appointed simultaneously as Secretary General of...
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  • (revision of Maometto secondo) tragédie lyrique 3 acts Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet, after the libretto for Maometto II 9 October 1826 Salle Le Peletier...
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    young Victor Hugo agreed with the elder Alexandre Soumet to write a five-act drama based on Scott's novel. Soumet had outlined the plot and was to write...
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