Diaz (de la Peña), Eugène (-Emile)
Diaz (de la Peña), Eugène (-Emile)
Diaz (de la Peña), Eugène (-Emile) , French composer, son of the celebrated painter; b. Paris, Feb. 27, 1837; d. Coleville, Sept. 12, 1901. He was a pupil at the Paris Cons., studying with Halevy and Reber. He produced the comic opéra Le Roi Candaule (Paris, 1865) and won the government prize for the opéra La Coupe du roi de Thule (Paris, Jan. 10,1873), which, however, proved a complete failure.
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