Albert Grisar

Who was Albert Grisar?

Albert Grisar was a Belgian composer.

Grisar studied in Antwerp, in Paris, and, in the mid-1840s, in Naples with Saverio Mercadante. He was a successful comic opera composer, first winning success in Brussels in 1833 and in Paris later in the decade. He collaborated with Flotow on L'eau merveilleuse and with François-Adrien Boieldieu on L'opéra à la cour. His Parisian works of the late 1840s and early 1850s were particularly well received by audiences.