13 Facts About Louis Viardot

Louis Viardot was the older brother of the artist Leon Viardot.

Louis Viardot's father died early and left his wife with five children in poverty.

When Louis Viardot was 18 years old, he left Dijon to study law in Paris.

Louis Viardot learned Spanish and acquainted himself with the country's history and culture.

Louis Viardot worked for the newspaper Le Globe alongside Pierre Leroux, who introduced him to George Sand.

In 1836 Louis Viardot, who was already a friend of the artist Ary Scheffer, served as the attorney of Maria Malibran and managed her affairs.

In 1838, after a fire destroyed the second Salle Favart, the Theatre-Italien moved to the Theatre de l'Odeon, and Louis Viardot served as the director of the theater from 10 November 1838 to 22 February 1840.

Louis Viardot abandoned the position of director of the Theatre-Italien, to devote himself to the career of his wife, and would follow her on her tours.

Louis Viardot was twenty-one years older than his wife and loved her until his death.

Louis Viardot had Republican political views, did not believe in God, loved hunting and hunting dogs.

Scheffer and Louis Viardot were familiar and friendly in the 1830s, before Louis Viardot's marriage.

The "evil tongues" connected the birth of the daughter Claudia in the Louis Viardot family with the name of Gounod and said that he was the father of Claudia, who was born on 20 May 1852.

In 1874, Louis Viardot was paralyzed by a stroke and remained housebound until his death in 1883.