Biography
Adolphe Adam was born in 1803 in Paris and is one of the most significant representatives of French Romantic ballet music. His father, the pianist Jean-Louis Adam, laid the foundation early for his musical training at the Paris Conservatoire. With Giselle he created in 1841 one of the most performed ballets in dance history, which remains in the core repertoire of every major company to this day. His second main work Le Corsaire has likewise enthralled audiences worldwide for over 160 years. Adam additionally composed numerous opéras-comiques and left with the Christmas song Minuit, chrétiens a work that gained recognition far beyond concert halls. He founded the Théâtre-National in Paris in 1847, which nearly ruined him financially. Adam died in 1856 in his birthplace and left an oeuvre that decisively shaped French stage music of the nineteenth century.
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