Duponchel, Charles-Edmond

Duponchel, Charles-Edmond (1795, Paris; 1868, Paris), administrator and librettist, studied architecture and then went into designing jewelry and the goldsmith’s trade. He founded one of the more prestigious Paris firms dealing in objects made of gold, and he accepted special commissions such as decorating the statue of Minerva by Simart. He was director of the Opéra between 1837 and 1843 and again between 1847 and 1849. He was also appointed co-director of the Vaudeville theatre with Dormeuil…