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( b London, 9 Aug 1858; d Paris, 2 Sept 1935). English composer and pianist. He studied in Milan and with Lalo in Paris and was a successful composer of songs and small-scale piano pieces; he also promoted new music. Private patronage enabled him to write operas, staged at Covent Garden (Amy Rosbart, 1893), Monte Carlo (Messalina, 1899) and in Paris (Naïl, 1912).
Isidore de Lara, born Isidore Cohen (August 9, 1858 - August 2, 1935), was a composer of art songs and operas.
He was born in London and his early operas were produced at Covent Garden. His later works (of which the most famous was Messaline, which inspired an Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting), were produced at Monte Carlo, where he met, and later became the lover of Princess Alice of Monaco.
He died on August 2, 1935, in Paris.
His operas include:
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