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Adolphe Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire, his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau and Si j'étais roi and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!". Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in Paris in competition with the Opéra and Opéra-Comique. He recovered, and extended his activities to journalism and teaching. He was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, France's principal music academy. Together with his older contemporary Daniel Auber and his teacher Adrien Boieldieu, Adam is credited with creating the later Romantic French form of opera. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Adam: Giselle / Act 1: Pas seul (Bürgmüller interpolation)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Giselle: Valse
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Adam: Giselle / Act 2: Grand pas de deux: Adage
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Giselle: Andantino
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Adam: Giselle, Act I: Introduction
Wiener Philharmoniker

Albums

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Christmas Instrumental Music

2025
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O Holy Night

2024
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Adam: Giselle

2010
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Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók

2024

Singles & EPs

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Giselle (Résumé)

Single • 2024
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O Holy Night

Single • 2023

Videos

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Adolphe Adam - Pas seul (Giselle; Act 1)

VikBalancing • 167K views
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Giselle [A.C.Adam] | 21a. Act 2: Pas de Deux: Adage

Frannie Ravel • 6.7K views
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Adam - O Holy Night (piano accompaniment)

Piano Accompaniment • 86K views
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Йонас Кауфман — «О Святая ночь» — Jonas Kaufmann — «O Holy Night» (Cantique de Noël) — Dresden'08 HD

Ivan Agatov • 6.5K views
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NUREYEV💫 DAME MARGOT 💫 ADAM, A.C. (Giselle /Grand Pas de Deux)

4Music&Dance • 968 views
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O Holy Night / Adolphe Adam

Cho해음 • 32K views
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Svetlana Zakharova dancing Giselle, Act 1, Variation

MySecretGardenmdp • 534K views
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Giselle - Waltz and Act 1 Pas de Deux (Tsygankova, Varga)

Tomaž Golub • 50K views
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O Holy Night | U.S. Navy Band

United States Navy Band • 401K views