Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis

French musician

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1769

Place of Birth: Metz, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1819

Profession: composer, conductor, violinist, musicologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis (4 July 1769 – 20 December 1819) was a French violinist, conductor, choirmaster, teacher, composer, and theatre director. After commencing his studies of music in his hometown of Metz, Persuis moved to Paris in 1787, and entered the orchestra of the Opéra in 1793.
His entire career was within this institution; he became choirmaster in 1803, then conductor in 1810, replacing Jean-Baptiste Rey.
He simultaneously worked in administrative rôles, as manager, musical inspector-general (1816), stage manager (1817), then chief director from 3 September 1817 until 13 November 1819, on which date illness forced him to resign. Persuis composed ballets, operas, and opéras comiques.
His greatest success was Le triomphe de Trajan (1807), written in collaboration with Le Sueur.
From 1810 to 1815, Persuis was the most performed composer at the Opéra, with 157 performances, largely due to Trajan.
His opéras comiques found favour at the Théâtre Favart.
He also adapted others' works, for example the oratorio Les Croisés (Die Befreyung von Jerusalem, 1813) by Maximilian Stadler. Persuis taught singing at the Conservatoire de Paris until 1802.
His name was proposed for a singing school at the Opéra, but the school was not established, although he continued to teach choristers informally. He died in Paris.



Alternative names	Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	13 March 1774	16 July 1833
Location of birth/death	Paris	Rome
Work location	Paris, Naples, Rome
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