Charles Lamoureux

He was subsequently engaged as a violinist at the Opéra de Paris and later joined the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.[citation needed] Having journeyed to England and assisted at a Handel festival, he thought he would attempt something similar in Paris.He also gave performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, Gounod's Gallia, and Massenet's Eve.[citation needed] Lamoureux then drew up a contract with the Théâtre du Château d’Eau to give weekly symphony concerts.After conducting one of the performances of this masterpiece he was taken ill and succumbed in a few days, having had the consolation before his death of witnessing the triumph of the cause he had so courageously championed.
Charles Lamoureux conducting from the podium.
BordeauxParis ConservatoireconductorviolinistNarcisse GirardOpéra de ParisSociété des Concerts du ConservatoireHandelMessiahSt Matthew PassionJudas MaccabaeusGounodMassenetOpéra-ComiqueConcerts LamoureuxCamille ChevillardWagnerEden-ThéâtreChauvinistsQueen's HallHenry WoodTristan und IsoldeBerthe Marxpublic domainChisholm, HughEncyclopædia BritannicaPrincipal Conductors, Lamoureux OrchestraOpéra-Comique music directorsThéophile TilmantAdolphe DeloffreCharles ConstantinJules DanbéAndré MessagerAlexandre LuiginiFrançois RuhlmannGustave DoretPaul VidalAlbert WolffDésiré-Émile InghelbrechtMaurice FrigaraPaul BastideEugène BigotAndré Cluytens