- Birthday
- 1832-07-16
- Deathday
- 1903-10-09
- Place of Birth
- Orange, France
Camille du Locle
WritingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_du_Locle. Camille du Locle (16 July 1832 – 9 October 1903) was a French theatre director and a librettist. He was born in Orange, France. From 1862 he served as assistant to his father-in-law, Émile Perrin at the Paris Opéra, moving in 1870 to the Opéra-Comique (he was co-director (with Adolphe de Leuven) in the Opéra-Comique). He is best remembered for mounting the original production of Bizet's Carmen in 1875. His friendship with Ernest Reyer led to him providing libretti for Sigurd and Salammbô. Du Locle was res...