Michael William Balfe

Michael William Balfe () adalah seorang komponis asal Irlandia. Ia dikenal untuk opera buatannya The Bohemian Girl.

Setelah berkarier singkat sebagai pemain biola, Balfe menjalani karier menyanyi opera, sesambil ia memulai komposisi. Dalam karier selama lebih dari 40 tahun, ia mengkomposisikan setidaknya 29 opera, sekitar 250 lagu dan karya lainnya. Ia juga merupakan konduktor terkenal, menyutradarai Opera Italia di Her Majesty's Theatre selama tujuh tahun.

Referensi

Sumber 
 Barrett, William Alexander: Balfe. His Life & Work (London: William Reeves, 1882).
 Biddlecombe, George: English Opera from 1834 to 1864 with Particular Reference to the Works of Michael Balfe (New York: Garland Publishing, 1994), .
 Burton, Nigel (1998): “Balfe, Michael William” in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One, pp. 286–288. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc.  
 Kenney, Charles Lamb: A Memoir of Michael William Balfe (London: Tinsley Bros., 1875).
 Tyldesley, William. Michael William Balfe. His Life and His English Operas (Aldershot & Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2003), .
 Walsh, Basil: Michael W. Balfe. A Unique Victorian Composer (Dublin & Portland, Oregon: Irish Academic Press, 2008), .

Pranala luar 

 
 
 Balfe cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library
 Profile of Balfe and links to information about The Maid of ArtoisThe Maid of Artois
 Derek B. Scott sings Balfe's musical setting (1857) of Tennyson's "Come into the Garden, Maud"
 
 
 
 

Penulis lagu Irlandia