Adolphe Deloffre

Louis Michel Adolphe Deloffre ( born July 28, 1817 in Paris, † January 8, 1876 ) was a French conductor and violinist.

Deloffre went as a young man to London, where he became first violinist at Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1851 he returned to France and was first violinist and from 1854 chief conductor at the Théâtre Lyrique. Between 1858 and 1865 he led here in a row on the most important operas of Mozart. Furthermore, Donizetti's " Don Pasquale " and Verdi's "La Traviata " were under his direction Weber's " Oberon" ( 1857), Beethoven's " Fidelio" (1860 ), played (both 1864). From 1868 until his death in 1876 he was the musical director at the Opéra -Comique.

Under his leadership, some of the most important contemporary French opera at the Théâtre Lyrique were Opéra comique or premiered, including " Faust" by Charles Gounod (1859 ), " Les Troyens " by Hector Berlioz (1863 ) and "Carmen" by Georges Bizet (1875 ).

• Man
• French musicians
• Born in 1817
• Died in 1876
• Conductor
• Violinist