Halévy

American  

[a-ley-vee] / a leɪˈvi /

noun

1. Fromental Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy, 1790–1862, French composer, especially of operas.

2. his nephew Ludovic 1834–1908, French novelist and playwright: librettist in collaboration with Henri Meilhac.

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Halévy British  

/ alevi /

noun

1. ( Jacques François ) Fromental (fromɛ̃tal), original name Elias Levy . 1799–1862, French composer, noted for his operas, which include La Juive (1835)

2. his nephew, Ludovic (lydɔvik). 1834–1908, French dramatist and novelist, who collaborated with Meilhac on opera libretti

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Example Sentences

No doubt because its plot deals with anti-Semitism, “La Juive,” by Fromental Halévy, which preceded “Les Huguenots” at the Paris Opéra by a year, has attracted more attention recently.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2011

To M. Halévy, as to every thinking man, life is serious, no doubt, but it need not be taken sadly, or even solemnly.

From Parisian Points of View by Matthews, Edith V. B.

Halévy, J.—L'Immortalité de l'Âme chez les Peuples Semitiques.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

When we remember that, in France alone, Augier and Dumas fils and Hugo, Halévy and Meilhac and Labiche, were all of them alive, the compliment, though a sound, was a vivid one.

From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund

At the end of his career Halévy was constantly writing opera and opéra-comique which added nothing to his fame and which disappeared never to be revived after a respectable number of performances.

From Musical Memories by Rich, Edwin Gile