Émile Blavet
Émile Blavet (born February 14, 1828 in Cournonterral , † 1924 ) was a French journalist and librettist.
Blavet became editor-in-chief of Gaulois magazine in 1876 . In 1884 he switched to Figaro , for whom he wrote the chronicles of Parisian life under the pseudonym Parisis , which were published as a book in 1886 under the title La vie Parisienne . Blavet also wrote theater reviews as Un Monsieur de l'Orchestre and took on the role of Secretary General of the Paris Opera .
After traveling to Madagascar in 1896, Blavet published the travelogue Au pays malgache in 1897 . He has also written a number of libretti for operas and operettas, including Le Bravo based on James Fenimore Cooper for Gaston Salvayre , who in turn dedicated the Sérénade printanière (after Paul Collin ) to him ("A mon ami Emile Blavet"), as well as several novels and comedies .
Zola judged the journalist Blavet: "You are one of the few chroniclers in whose hands you can safely go, because you are not just an eye that sees and an ear that hears, you are still a spirit that values and that judged. "
Web links
- Literature by and about Émile Blavet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blavet, Émile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parisis (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist, writer and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cournonterral |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1924 |