Adolphe Charles Adam was a French opera and ballet composer born July 24, 1803,
in Paris, France. He studied at the Paris Conservatorium under Anton Reicha and
François-Adrien Boieldieu. Adam achieved recognition with his 1834 opéra-comique
Le Chalet, followed by the success of Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and the
ballet La Fille du Danube (1836). His works include the ballets Giselle (1841)
and Le Diable à quatre (1845). Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1844,
Adam composed further stage works including the opéras-comiques Le Toréador
(1849) and Si j'étais roi (1852)...