Laparra, Raoul (1876-1943)

French composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatory. His Habanera was given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1910 and at the New York Metropolitan Opera House in 1924. He was killed in an Allied air raid near Paris.

Works Opera Peau d'âne (1899), La Jota (1899), La Habanera (1908), Le Joueur de viole, Las Toreras (1929), L'Illustre Fregona.

Other Un Dimanche basque for piano and orchestra; string quartet; songs.