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Died: May 8, 1908, Paris (aged 74) Ludovic Halévy (born Jan. 1, 1834, Paris, Fr.—died May 8, 1908, Paris) was a French librettist and novelist who, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, wrote the librettos for most of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach and who also wrote satiric comedies about contemporary Parisian life.
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Jun 23, 1996 · A particular place was alloted to Degas, justified by his long friendship with Ludovic and Louise Halévy, which the Dreyfus affair failed to disrupt completely, and the lifetime interest Daniel Halevy had for the painter.
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- March 26, 1996
Birth. 1834, Paris, Paris (75), France. Death. 1908, Paris, Paris (75), France. Nationality. France. Gender. Homme. Commentary. Dramaturge, librettiste d'opérettes et d'opéras, et romancier français. Suggestion. Do you have a question where you have additional knowledge about this artist? You can write to us to suggest improvements to the file.
Léon's son, ludovic halÉvy (1834–1908), was a writer whose comedies, librettos, novels, and stories dealt with the gay life of the French during the Second Empire.
Jan 1, 1991 · Ludovic's grandfather had left Bavaria for Metz and then the Paris of the French Revolution, thrilled by its importance and promise for assimilationist Jews. The father's generation combined art, government service, and social distinction.
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- 1991
In the 1870s Edgar Degas produced a series of monotypes that illustrated stories by Ludovic Halévy known under the generic title of La Famille Cardinal.1 The author’s lively accounts of backstage intrigue at the Paris Opera suited Degas’s interests of the period and can be read as a cynical, but light-hearted complement to the depictions of repe...
Sep 26, 2016 · Ludovic Halévy’s father, Léon, converted from Judaism to marry his Christian wife. Daddy, a civil servant, was respected in literary circles, though he never achieved much fame in whichever literary genre he tried – and, apparently, he tried them all! The Halévys were a cultured Parisian family.
