Lalo, Edouard
(1823–1892)> COMPOSER
Lalo, Edouard (27 January 1823, Lille; 22 April 1892, Paris), composer, studied violin and cello at the Conservatory in Lille before entering the Conservatoire in Paris, where he was a member of François Habeneck’s class in violin. After finishing his studies, Lalo became more and more interested in composition, and his initial pieces included songs and an opera entitled Fiesgue (1866), which took third place in a contest sponsored by the Théâtre-Lyrique. The divertissement from this opera was…