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Léon Halévy
Léon Halévy (4 January 1802 – 2 September 1883) was a French civil servant, historian, and dramatist.
Early life.
Born to a Jewish family in Paris, Léon was the son of the writer and chazzan Élie Halévy and the younger brother of the composer Jacques François Fromenthal Halévy. He was educated at the Lycée Charlemagne.
Career.
Halévy became a disciple and collaborator of Saint-Simon, aiding in the foundation of his journal, "Le Producteur," and writing the
Le dilettante d'Avignon
Le dilettante d'Avignon (English: "The Dilettante of Avignon") is an 1829 opéra comique in one act by Fromental Halévy, to a libretto by his brother Léon Halévy, based on an uncompleted work by François-Benoit Hoffmann. It was the composer's first popular success, since it was his first venture into opera after the relative failure in the previous year of "Clari".
Composition history.
Léon Halévy was offered the uncompleted libretto of "Le dilettante" by Hoffmann's son