Halévy
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Fromental Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy, 1790–1862, French composer, especially of operas.
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his nephew Ludovic 1834–1908, French novelist and playwright: librettist in collaboration with Henri Meilhac.
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( Jacques François ) Fromental (fromɛ̃tal), original name Elias Levy . 1799–1862, French composer, noted for his operas, which include La Juive (1835)
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his nephew, Ludovic (lydɔvik). 1834–1908, French dramatist and novelist, who collaborated with Meilhac on opera libretti
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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
Halévy, the learned and the popular, would make a blunder if they exchanged styles.
From How to Fail in Literature; a lecture by Lang, Andrew
Obviously M. Halévy is fond of the actors and the actresses with whom he spent the years of his manhood.
From Parisian Points of View by Matthews, Edith V. B.
Lola, accordingly, made her bow to the Parisian public on Saturday, 30th March 1844, in Il Lazzarone, an opera in two acts by Halévy.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
When this collaboration terminated, shortly before M. Halévy wrote The Abbé Constantin, he gave up writing for the stage.
From Parisian Points of View by Matthews, Edith V. B.
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