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Michael William Balfe was a male composer, opera singer, conductor, and songwriter from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born in Dublin in 1808, he worked primarily in the opera genre and sang as a baritone. He spoke English and was recognized with the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Balfe died in Hertfordshire in 1870 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. His works are described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He is associated with classical and romantic styles, and eleven of his works are recorded in available databases.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1808
- Active to
- 1870
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,471
- Total plays
- 6,907
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Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost 250 songs and other works. He was also a noted conductor, directing Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre for seven years, among other conducting posts. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Micha
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Michael William Balfe - Atelier Nadar.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Michael William Balfe
- date of birth
- 1808-05-15
- date of death
- 1870-10-21
- Commons gallery
- Michael William Balfe
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- P8168
- Hesperia Planum
- name in native language
- Michael William Balfe
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Michael William Balfe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
La bohémienne [Música notada]
Fantasia per il piano-forte [Music noticed]
La bohémienne. N. 19, Romance [Música notada] : opéra en quatre actes et un prologue
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Killarney/(Balfe)
I dreamed that I dweld in Marble Halls, from “The Bohemian girl”/(Balfe)
![Killarney: song/[Michael William Balfe]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F008697%2Ffon_snp_a_008697_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Killarney: song/[Michael William Balfe]
Bohemian Girl: I dreamed that I dwelt in marble halls/(Balfe)
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