Creator Bio
Armand Lunel
1892–1977
The novelist and librettist Armand Lunel was born in Aix-en-Provence into a family of Provençal Jews who had lived in southern France for centuries. His knowledge of Provençal Jewish legends informs his literary work, much of which is centered on Carpentras and its ancient Jewish quarter. He was the longtime librettist of his childhood friend Darius Milhaud. His first libretto—for Esther de Carpentras (1926), which was based on a Provençal Purim play—became the opéra bouffe Barbra Garibo (1950). He survived the German occupation of France in Monaco, where he had been teaching at the lycée since 1920.
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Nicolo-Peccavi, or The Dreyfus Affair at Carpentras
It was, in fact, our aunt who had commissioned the bus. Madame Léa Josué Chanaan was our aunt and we called her Aunt Chanaan, just as we called her husband, Monsieur Josué Chanaan, our uncle, although…