Eugene d’Albert |

Eugen d’Albert

Born April 10, 1864 in Glasgow (Scotland), in the family of a French composer who composed dance music. Music lessons d’Albert began in London, then studied in Vienna, and later took lessons from F. Liszt in Weimar.

D’Albert was a brilliant pianist, one of the outstanding virtuosos of his time. He paid much attention to concert activities, his performances were a huge success. F. Liszt highly appreciated the pianistic skill of d’Albert.

The creative heritage of the composer is extensive. He created 19 operas, a symphony, two concertos for piano and orchestra, a concerto for cello and orchestra, two string quartets, and a large number of works for piano.

The first opera Rubin was written by d’Albert in 1893. In subsequent years, he created his most famous operas: Gismond (1895), Departure (1898), Cain (1900), The Valley (1903), Flute Solo (1905).

“Valley” is the composer’s best opera, staged in theaters in many countries. In it, d’Albert sought to show the life of ordinary working people. The center of gravity is shifted to depicting the personal drama of the characters, the main attention is paid to showing their love experiences.

D’Albert is the largest exponent of verism in Germany.

Eugene d’Albert died on March 3, 1932 in Riga.