person
Ludovic Halévy
Halévy
also: Галеви, Halevy
French dramatist and librettist (1834-1908), co-author with Henri Meilhac of libretti for Offenbach and Bizet's Carmen and of the Meilhac-Halévy boulevard comedies; Chekhov here wants to read up on him via "Russkiye Vedomosti" but cannot get hold of a copy.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 3 September 1889. Sumy. §8 I wanted to read about Halévy
Ludovic Halévy, French dramatist and librettist (co-author of libretti for Offenbach and for Bizet's "Carmen"), whom Chekhov wanted to read about via "Russkiye Vedomosti" but could not obtain a copy of the paper. The letter gives no further detail on what prompted the interest (obituary notices for Halévy, who was still alive in 1889, are not the likely occasion; more probably a review, feuilleton, or notice of his work reached Chekhov secondhand).