Du Locle, Camille

Du Locle, Camille (16 July 1832, Orange; 9 October 1903, Capri), librettist and administrator, made his presence known on the musical scene in Paris by writing a series of three librettos for the lyric stage in the French capital. His first contribution to the Opéra itself was the poem he supplied for Jules-Laurent Duprato ’s La Fiancée de Corinthe that had its world premiere at the Imperial Academy of Music on 21 October 1867. Ultimately he was named adjunct director of the Opéra in 1870 after…