41. BALFE Michael W :Gilder-MusicWeb Dictionary Of Composers Gotterdammerung 23 (5CDs), 11 1CD of 320kbs mp3 files Review MOZART Complete wind Concertos on period instruments http://www.musicweb-international.com/Classpedia/Balfe.htm

RECORDING OF THE MONTH SPECIAL OFFER RECORDING OF THE MONTH Exceptional ELGAR The Kingdom Elder Search What's New Classical CD Reviews Live Reviews ... Contact Us Classical CD and DVD reviews. MusicWeb is not a subscription site and it is our advertisers that pay for it. Please visit their sites regularly to see if anything might interest you. Purchasing from them keeps MusicWeb free. Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger BALFE, Michael William b Dublin, 15 May 1808 d Rowney Abbey, Hertfordshire, 20 October 1870, aged sixty-two Both sides of his family had connections with music and the stage. He was taught violin and piano by his father. In 1823 he left Dublin for London and played violin in the Drury Lane Theatre orchestra. In 1824, aged sixteen, he was taken up by an Italian nobleman and sent to Rome to study. Travelling via Paris, he met Cherubini, who later introduced him to Rossini. He studied singing and had a successful operatic career in Italy from 1830 to 1834, then returned to London. He wrote operas there for the rest of his life, his Bohemian Girl (Drury Lane 1843) being an enormous popular success.

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45. Michael William Balfe Biography. Listen To Classical Music By Michael William Ba BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM BIOGRAPHY (1808 1870) Michael Balfe was born into a musical Dublin family on May 15, 1808. He studied violin first with his father and from 1823 in England http://nonetwww.naxos.com/composerinfo/Michael_William_Balfe/23442.htm

The World's Leading Classical Music Label Naxos Worldwide Sites: Choose Country Global Site Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan Korea New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA E-mail Password New Releases Artists Composers Labels ... B BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM BIOGRAPHY Michael Balfe was born into a musical Dublin family on May 15, 1808. He studied violin first with his father and from 1823 in England, under Charles Horn. During the early years of his career Balfe played violin in orchestras and began taking on baritone roles on stage. He pursued further studies in Italy where he continued to perform and began to compose operas. He returned to England in 1833 and scored a success at Drury Lane in 1835 with his opera The Siege of Rochelle. In the 1840s he began dividing his time between London and Paris and collaborated with the great librettist Eugene Scribe. Balfe's greatest success came in 1843 with The Bohemian Girl. For more on Balfe, see: www.britishandirishworld.com Albums featuring this composer are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com

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