Camille du Locle

Camille du Locle (* July 16, 1832 in Orange ( Vaucluse), † December 9, 1903 on Capri ) was a French theater director and librettist.

Du Locle in 1869 assistant to his father Emile Perin, director of the Paris Opera was. From 1870 to 1874 he headed jointly with Adolphe de Leuven, the Opéra -Comique. In this role he was the composition of Georges Bizet's famous opera Carmen in order, which was premiered here in 1875.

For Giuseppe Verdi he wrote with François Joseph Méry the libretto of the opera Don Carlos. His operas Simon Boccanegra and La forza del destino, he translated into French. With the emergence of the opera Aida du Locle was the intermediary between the Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who had designed the first opera scenario, and Verdi.

1876 ​​du Locle moved back to Capri, where he in 1880, Villa La Certosella built himself, which is now used as a hotel.