Gustave Vaëz

Gustave Vaëz was a Belgian librettist and translatorSmith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). who did most of his work in Paris in partnership with Alphonse RoyerSmith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. Turning from law to the stage, he wrote some thirty plays, comédies-vaudevilles and librettos, often with RoyerSmith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. Together they translated Italian operas into French, Lucia di Lammermoor among them, wrote Donizetti's La favorite, and adapted I Lombardi for Verdi as JérusalemSmith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. Alone he wrote Donizetti's RitaSmith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. He joined the management of the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1853 and was deputy director of the Paris Opéra from 1856 to 1860.Smith, C. (1992) 'Vaëz, Gustave [Nieuwenhuysen, Jean-Nicolas Gustave van]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 884.Wikipedia (2026) Gustave Vaëz. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).