Delibes

American

[duh-leeb] / dəˈlib /

noun

(Clément Philibert) Léo 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.

Delibes British

/ dəlib /

noun

( Clément Philibert ) Léo (leo). 1836–91, French composer, noted particularly for his ballets Coppélia (1870) and Sylvia (1876), and the opera Lakmé (1883)

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Jalibert and Juan-Cruz Mallia traded penalties before Toulouse found their relentless offloading game to put Delibes in at the corner.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

The PNB Orchestra will be joined by Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Olga Syniakova and others for a performance featuring Ukrainian folk songs, music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Delibes and more.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022

At the offices of France’s Ligue de Football Professionel on Rue Léo Delibes, the hope had been that Thursday would deliver a first step towards rapprochement.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2019

He takes the “Sylvia” story in the opposite direction from what Delibes had in mind.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

At age ten, he won the conservatory’s prestigious gold medal before going on to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied under Joseph Massart and Leo Delibes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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