Jérôme Savary (27 June 1942 â€" 4 March 2013) was an
Argentinian-French theater director and actor.[1] His work has
democratized and widened the appeal of musical theater in France,
drawing together and blending such genres as opera, operetta, and
musical comedy.[1]Savary was born in Buenos Aires; his father was a
writer and his mother the daughter of Frank W. Higgins, governor of
New York (1905â€"1907). Savary moved to Paris at a very young age.
Here, he studied music under Maurice Martenot, continuing his studies
at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.At nineteen,
he moved to New York, where he associated with Lenny Bruce, Jack
Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk.[2] In 1962,
he returned to Argentina to fulfill his military service requirements.
He remained as an illustrator of dictionaries and a cartoonist,
contributing to the same magazine as Copi.In 1965, after returning to
Paris, he created the "Compagnie Jérôme Savary", which evolved into
"Le Grand Magic Circus" and finally into "Le Grand Magic Circus et ses
animaux tristes". His version of Cabaret won awards in France (the
Molière, 1987) and Spain (1993). He has remained active, producing
such diverse works as La Périchole, Rigoletto, The Barber of Seville,
La Légende de Jimmy, Marylin Montreuil, Mistinguett, Irma la Douce,
and many other works.
Argentinian-French theater director and actor.[1] His work has
democratized and widened the appeal of musical theater in France,
drawing together and blending such genres as opera, operetta, and
musical comedy.[1]Savary was born in Buenos Aires; his father was a
writer and his mother the daughter of Frank W. Higgins, governor of
New York (1905â€"1907). Savary moved to Paris at a very young age.
Here, he studied music under Maurice Martenot, continuing his studies
at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.At nineteen,
he moved to New York, where he associated with Lenny Bruce, Jack
Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk.[2] In 1962,
he returned to Argentina to fulfill his military service requirements.
He remained as an illustrator of dictionaries and a cartoonist,
contributing to the same magazine as Copi.In 1965, after returning to
Paris, he created the "Compagnie Jérôme Savary", which evolved into
"Le Grand Magic Circus" and finally into "Le Grand Magic Circus et ses
animaux tristes". His version of Cabaret won awards in France (the
Molière, 1987) and Spain (1993). He has remained active, producing
such diverse works as La Périchole, Rigoletto, The Barber of Seville,
La Légende de Jimmy, Marylin Montreuil, Mistinguett, Irma la Douce,
and many other works.
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