Gabriel Dussurget was a French impresario and opera director.
11 Facts About Gabriel Dussurget
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Gabriel Dussurget was the co-founder of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, an annual summer opera festival in Aix-en-Provence, and served as its artistic director from 1948 to 1973.
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Gabriel Dussurget served as the artistic director of the Paris Opera from 1959 to 1972.
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Gabriel Dussurget became known as the "Magician of Aix" for his work at the opera festival.
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Gabriel Dussurget was born on 1 January 1904 in Ain M'lila near Biskra in French Algeria.
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Gabriel Dussurget attended public schools in Constantine and learned to play the piano.
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Gabriel Dussurget moved to France with his parents shortly after World War I to receive treatment for malaria.
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Gabriel Dussurget worked as a dancer in Paris in the 1930s.
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Gabriel Dussurget's students included Jean-Louis Barrault, Ginette Neveu, Madeleine Renaud, Yvonne Loriod, Olivier Messiaen, and Raymond Rouleau.
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Gabriel Dussurget served as director of the Aix Festival until 1973.
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Gabriel Dussurget retired in Paris in 1973, where he mentored young artists.