Charpentier

[ shar-pahn-tyey ]

noun

1. Gus·tave [g, y, -, stav], 1860–1956, French composer.
2. Marc An·toine [m, a, r, k ah, n, -, twan], 1634–1704, French composer.

Charpentier

/ ʃarpɑ̃tje /

noun

1. CharpentierGustave18601956MFrenchMUSIC: composer Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
2. CharpentierMarc-Antoine?16451704MFrenchMUSIC: composer Marc-Antoine. ?1645–1704, French composer, best known for his sacred music, particularly the Te Deum

Example Sentences

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for developing a groundbreaking yet simple way to edit DNA, the "blueprint" of living organisms.

From Science Daily

A new Berlin production of Charpentier’s 1693 opera “Medee,” with direction by Peter Sellars and sets by Frank Gehry, offers vital perspective for our times.

From Los Angeles Times

A new Berlin production of Charpentier’s 1693 opera “Medee,” with direction by Peter Sellars and sets by Frank Gehry, offers vital perspective for our times.

From Los Angeles Times

On what would have been Callas’ 100th birthday, Dec. 2, the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená starred in the last of five performances at the Berlin State Opera of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “Médée,” written a century before Cherubini’s opera.

From Los Angeles Times

It was ultimately produced in tandem with Charpentier’s “Médée” in Lyons, France, a few months after the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times