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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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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O Holy Night
IL DIVO
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O Holy Night / Ave Maria (feat. Lexi Walker)
The Piano Guys
3
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O Holy Night
Mario Lanza
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Adam: Giselle / Act 1: Pas seul (Bürgmüller interpolation)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Cantique de nöel (O Holy Night)
Plácido Domingo

Albums

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Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók

2024
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Classical Christmas

2016
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Ave Maria

2023
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O Holy Night

2024
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Instrumentale Weihnachten

2024
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Holiday Haam Jam, Vol. 1

2011
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It's Christmas Time !

2017
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Adam: Giselle

2010

Singles & EPs

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Giselle (Résumé)

Single • 2024
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O Holy Night

Single • 2023

Videos

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Йонас Кауфман — «О Святая ночь» — Jonas Kaufmann — «O Holy Night» (Cantique de Noël) — Dresden'08 HD

Ivan Agatov • 6.4K views
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Myrtha and the Wilis with Monica Mason

nobles et sentimentales • 100K views
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King's College Cambridge 2005 #5 O Holy Night Adolphe Adam

spiritdei • 630K views
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Svetlana Zakharova dancing Giselle, Act 1, Variation

MySecretGardenmdp • 519K views
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Merry Christmas Everyone! "O Holy Night" by Adolphe Adam

George Harliono • 32K views
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Adam - O Holy Night (piano accompaniment)

Piano Accompaniment • 59K views
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O HOLY NIGHT (CANTIQUE DE NOËL) ADAM - JONATHAN SCOTT - CHRISTMAS ORGAN SOLO

scottbrothersduo • 115K views
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NUREYEV💫 DAME MARGOT 💫 ADAM, A.C. (Giselle /Grand Pas de Deux)

4Music&Dance • 929 views
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O HOLY NIGHT by Adolphe Adam, arr. M. Wright, Barnsley Youth Choir

Barnsley Youth Choir • 107K views