Adolphe Deloffre
Louis Michel Adolphe Deloffre (born July 28, 1817 in Paris , † January 8, 1876 there ) was a French conductor and violinist.
Deloffre went to London as a young man and became principal violinist at Her Majesty's Theater . In 1851 he returned to France and became principal violinist and from 1854 chief conductor at the Théâtre-Lyrique . Between 1858 and 1865 he performed Mozart's most important operas here in a row . Furthermore, Weber's Oberon (1857), Beethoven's Fidelio (1860), Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Verdi's La traviata (both 1864) were played under his direction . From 1868 until his death in 1876 he was musical director at the Opéra-Comique .
Under his direction, some of the most important contemporary French operas were premiered at the Théâtre-Lyrique and Opèra-Comique, including Faust by Charles Gounod (1859), Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz (1863) and Carmen by Georges Bizet (1875).
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| SURNAME | Deloffre, Adolphe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deloffre, Louis Michel Adolphe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French conductor and violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1876 |
| Place of death | Paris |