Louis-Désiré Véron
Louis Véron
Louis-Désiré Véron (1798 in
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Biography
Véron originally made his fortune from patent medicines. In 1829 he founded the literary magazine newspaper column.
He is largely known to history for his direction, from 1831-1835, of the
Robert le diable
(21 November 1831) began a new era in opera. When the government decided to further reduce subsidy of the Opera in 1835, Véron prudently withdrew, having made a substantial profit.
In 1852 Véron was elected to the Corps Législatif (the predecessor of the Chamber of Deputies).[1] His Memoires d'un bourgeois de Paris (1853–1855) give a lively picture of his life and times.
Véron was eccentric in his appearance and behaviour. A contemporary, Philarete Chasles, describes him as follows:
Ruddy, with a pock-marked face, barely any nose,
scrofulous, his neck enfolded in cloth that protected and hid his affliction, pot-bellied; [...] mouth smiling, lips thick, hair rare, eyebrows absent, dressed like a little lackey aping his master and with the affectations and the mincing airs of the salon(quoted in Kelly, 2004 – see below).
Notes
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
References
- W. L. Crosten, 'French Grand Opera: an Art and a Business', New York, 1948
- T. F. Kelly, 'First Nights at the Opera', New Haven, 2004 ISBN 0-300-10044-2
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Véron, Louis Désire". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1033.
Bibliography
- Véron, Louis Désiré. Mémoires d'un Bourgeois de Paris, 5 Vol. in French (ISBN 0-543-99048-6)
- Véron, Louis Désiré. L'Opéra de Paris. (ISBN 2876230089)
External links
Media related to Louis Véron at Wikimedia Commons
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