Duprato, Jules-Laurent
(1827–1892)> COMPOSER
Duprato, Jules-Laurent (26 March 1827, Nîmes; 20 May 1892, Paris), composer, came to Paris about 1844 to study composition under Fernand Le Borne at the Conservatoire. His cantata entitled Damoclès won first prize at the Institut in the Prix de Rome competition of 1848. After his residence in Italy and Germany, he returned to France to give Les Trovatelles at the Opéra-Comique in 1854. His Paquerette was billed at the same theatre in 1856. A decade later, in 1866, he joined the faculty of the…