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Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French composer of ballets, operas, and other works for the stage.

Biographical data

Léo Delibes was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, now part of La Flèche (Sarthe), France, in 1836.

His father was a mailman, his mother a talented amateur musician. His grandfather had been an opera singer. He was raised mainly by his mother and uncle following his father's early death.

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In 1871, at the age of 35, the composer married Léontine Estelle Denain. Delibes died 20 years later in 1891, and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris.

His brother Michel Delibes migrated to Spain; he was the grandfather of Spanish writer Miguel Delibes.

Career

Starting in 1847, Delibes studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire as a student of Adolphe Adam.

A year later he began taking voice lessons, though he would end up a much better organ player tha