Gustave Vaëz
Jean-Nicolas-Gustave Van Nieuwen-Huysen (called Gustave Vaëz ; born December 6, 1812 in Brussels , † March 12, 1862 in Paris ) was a Belgian playwright , librettist and translator of operatic libretti .
Vaëz first studied law and obtained a doctorate from the University of Leuven . But since he didn't feel like working as a lawyer, he switched to a career as a playwright. He published a large number of plays. His first pieces were played in Brussels from 1829 to 1834, which he left immediately to work in Paris with the librettist Alphonse Royer . Operas still performed today in which Vaëz was involved as a librettist or translator are Lucia di Lammermoor , La favorite and Rita ou Le mari battu by Gaetano Donizetti and Jérusalem by Giuseppe Verdi . In 1846 the pasticcio Robert Bruce was performed at the Paris Opera with music by Gioachini Rossini, the libretto of which was by Vaëz and Royer.
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literature
- Ashbrook, William, Donizetti and His Operas , Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-521-23526-X
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| SURNAME | Vaëz, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Nieuwen-Huysen, Jean-Nicolas-Gustave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian playwright, librettist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1862 |
| Place of death | Paris |