Jules Danbé

Jules Danbé (16 November 1840 – 30 October 1905) was a French violinist, composer and conductor, mainly of opera.

Trained as a violinist, he was a pupil of Narcisse Girard and Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, in 1859 winning a first prize for violin.

Appointed conductor at the Opéra-Comique on 2 June 1877, he took up his duties on 1 September that year, remaining until April 1898.

[2] His tenure, assisted by Henri Vaillard and Giannini, was considered to have improved the quality of the orchestral playing;[1] in 1889, a performance of the Verdi Requiem drew the comment that the orchestra was probably the best in Paris.

[8] After leaving the Opéra-Comique, in 1899 he moved to the Théâtre Lyrique de la Renaissance, where he conducted a rare production of Iphigénie en Tauride in December of that year,[4] and also conducted classical concerts at the casinos of Néris-les-Bains and Vichy.