Fromentmal Halevy

(Limelight). Jordan paints a rich portrait of Halevy at the height of his powers in the mid-1850s. A prolific output included at least one new opera a year occasionally three...he was renowned as a productive public speaker author of learned papers...a supporter of young artists much loved professor of composition to Saint-Saens Gounod and Bizet a husband and father of two daughters.