Hérold Ferdinand Hérold

Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold (pronounced [fɛʁdinɑ̃ eʁɔld]), was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet. He is best known today for the ballet La fille mal gardée and the overture to the opera Zampa.

Operas

• 1815, La Gioventù di Enrico quinto.
• 1816, Charles de France ou Amour et gloire (with Boïeldieu).
• 1816-1817, Corinne au capitole.
• 1817, Les Rosières.
• 1817, La Clochette ou Le diable page.
• 1818, Le Premier venu ou Six lieues de chemin.
• 1819, Les Troqueurs.
• 1819, L'Amour platonique.
• 1820, L'Auteur mort et vivant.
• 1823, Le Muletier.
• 1823, Vendôme en Espagne (with Auber).
• 1825, Le Lapin blanc.
• 1826, Almédon ou le monde renversé renamed Marie.
• 1829, L'Illusion.
• 1829, Emmeline.
• 1830, L'Auberge d'Auray.
• 1831, Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre.
• 1831, La Marquise de Brinvilliers
• 1832, La Médecine sans médecin.
• 1832, Le Pré aux clercs.
• 1833, Ludovic (completed by Halévy).
• Unknown, Les Florentines.

Ballets

• 1827, Astolphe et Joconde ou Les coureurs d'aventures.
• 1827, La somnambule ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.
• 1828, La Fille mal gardée.
• 1828, Lydie.
• 1829, La Belle au bois dormant.
• 1830, La Noce de village.

Other important works

• 1811-13, four piano concertos: No. 1 in E major, No. 2 in E-flat major, No. 3 in A major, No. 4 in E minor [Nos. 1–4 recorded on CD by Angéline Pondepeyre, with the WDR Rundfunkorchester conducted by Conrad van Alphen; TALENT DOM 3811 20-21 (2CDs) and Et'Cetera. Nos. 2–4 recorded on CD by J.-F. Neuberger, with the Sinfonia Varsovia, conducted by Hervé Niquet; Mirare MIR 127.]
• 1812, La Duchesse de la Vallière, ou Mlle de Lavallière (won Prix de Rome)
• 1813, Symphony No. 1 in C major (recorded by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, conducted by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild. Dynamic CD)
• 1814, three string quartets: No. 1 in D major, No. 2 in C major, No. 3 in G minor (all three quartets have been recorded on CD by the Annesci Quartet, on the REM label)
• 1815, Symphony No. 2 in D major (recorded by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, conducted by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild; Dynamic CD)