Duveyrier, Anne-Honoré-Joseph
(1787–1865)> LIBRETTIST
Duveyrier, Anne-Honoré-Joseph , DIT Mélesville (13 December 1787, Paris; 7 November 1865, Marly), librettist, studied law and became a practicing lawyer at Montpellier in 1808. He pursued his career for two years but renounced law to write librettos for Paris theatres in 1815. He was encouraged to make this drastic decision by the fact that his L’Oncle rival had already been staged and accepted by the public at the Impératrice Theatre in 1811. He was extremely sincere about his new calling…