Lacroix, Jules
(1809–1887)> LIBRETTIST
Lacroix, Jules (1809, Paris; 1887, Paris), librettist, received an excellent education and embarked upon a literary career without hesitation or interference. He published a long series of novels that brought him fame and fortune during his lifetime, and his poetry was both colorful and technically correct. Like his borther Bibliophile Jacob, he had an interest in literature and devoted his talents to translations of Macbeth, the satires of Juvenal, and the odes of Horace. His activities for…