Diaz de la Pena, Eugène-Emile
(1837–1901)> COMPOSER
Diaz de la Pena, Eugène-Emile (27 February 1837, Paris; 12 September 1901, Coleville), composer, entered the Conservatoire in 1852 to study under Napoleon-Henri Reber and Jacques Halévy . He made his debut as a composer with Le Roi Candaule at the Théâtre-Lyrique on 9 June 1865. When the Opéra arranged a contest in 1867 for the best work entitled La Coupe du roi de Thulé . his entry won and was performed at the theatre on 10 January 1873 after the new director, Halanzier , agreed to honor the…