What is "louise"

also Louisa, fem. proper name, fem. of Louis.

Louise is an opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists.

The opera depicts Parisian working-class life. However the city itself is in many ways the true star of this very atmospheric work – invoked at various points during the opera. A French example of verismo opera, it tells the story of the love between Louise, a seamstress living with her parents in Paris, and Julien, a young artist. It is the story of a young girl's desire for freedom (associated in her mind with her lover and the city of Paris).

Charpentier later wrote a sequel to Louise, the opera Julien, which describes the artistic aspirations of Louise’s suitor.

Gender : Female, Male Louise or Luise may refer to:

People with the given name Louise or Luise

• Louise (given name)

Louise and Aloisia / Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name.

"Louise" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK on 12 November 1984 and peaked at number thirteen in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with fellow band members Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright. The song features a lead vocal by Oakey and female vocals by Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall, analogue synthesizers by Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright and Ian Burden. The producers were Chris Thomas and Hugh Padgham. Although enjoying modest success when released as a single, it appeared on Melody Maker's list of 50 top singles of 1984.

Louise is a 1939 French musical film directed by Abel Gance. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Described as "wonderfully atmospheric", the film is based on the opera of the same name by Gustave Charpentier. Charpentier remained on the set throughout the filming and personally coached Grace Moore, who played the title role. Both Georges Thill, who played Julien and André Pernet who played Louise's father, were famous exponents of those roles on the opera stage and had recorded them in 1935.

Louise (Take 2) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Siegfried. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

"Louise" is a song by Dutch singer-songwriter Jett Rebel. It is the second single for his debut album, Venus & Mars. It was released on September 6, 2013.

Louise is a 2003 animated short by Anita Lebeau, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The film takes audiences through a day in the life of Lebeau's 96-year-old Belgian-Canadian grandmother, Louise Marginet, who narrates the film. Set in the rural community of Bruxelles, Manitoba, Louise features traditional music played by family as well as the Bruxelles Brass Band.

Louise received 6 awards including the Hiroshima Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Canal J Jury Junior Award for Short Films at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film was also nominated for best animated short at the 25th Genie Awards.

Louise was animated on paper by Lebeau, Jason Doll and John Tanasiciuk, with computer rendering. Lebeau had begun working on the film in 1998, before taking a break to raise her two children. When interviewed at Hiroshima, the filmmaker stated that her grandmother, who had died before the film was completed, was thrilled to have a movie made about her life and family.

"Louise" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for her fifteenth studio album, Wings (2005). It was written by Tyler and Paul D. Fitzgerald, and produced by Jean Lacene (under the alias "John Stage"). The song was released as the lead single from Wings, first as a promotional single in 2005, and as an official single on 19 June 2006 by Stick Music. The lyrics depict Tyler pleading with another woman not to steal her lover.

The song was not a commercial success, but was the first single Tyler had self-written. She also recorded the song in French. A music video was recorded in Tunisia and released on the 2006 CD single.

"Louise" is a song written by Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting for the 1929 film Innocents of Paris, where it was performed by Maurice Chevalier. The song was Maurice Chevalier's first hit in the United States, and was among the best selling records for 10 weeks in the Summer of 1929.

Ben Pollack & His Central Park Orchestra and Bing Crosby also recorded the song in 1929. Crosby's version was also a hit in the Summer of 1929. In 1964, the cover of Canadian singer Pierre Lalonde hit No. 1 on Québec charts.

Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance each sang a portion of the song, in a manner imitating Maurice Chevalier, on the 1953 I Love Lucy episode, "The French Revue". Robert Reed sang a portion of the song on the 1973 episode of The Brady Bunch, "A Room at the Top".