Born on 21 February 1836 in Saint-Germain-du-Val, died on 16 January 1891 in Paris; Léo Delibes was a composer of opera and ballet. He studied with Adolphe Adam at the Paris Conservatoire, became accompanist at the Théâtre-Lyrique in 1853 and at the Paris Opéra in 1863, taught composition at the Conservatoire from 1881 and became a member of the Institut de France in 1884. After the ballet “La Source” (1866), written with Ludwig Minkus, came “Coppélia” (1870) and “Sylvia” (1876); his operas range from “Le Roi l’a dit” (1873) through “Jean de Nivelle” (1880) to “Lakmé” (1883), which is regarded as his masterpiece. His songs include a setting of “Les Filles de Cadix”. Léo Delibes is named in the Cybele catalogue, alongside Pauline Viardot-Garcia, as the composer of “Les Filles de Cadix”, sung by Ekaterina Zhuravskaya on the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023).
Léo Delibes
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