Index

Albaret, Céleste letters to Alexandrine Halévy 39 and 155, 165, 177 letters to Valentine Halévy 40 comments on Geneviève Straus 11 misunderstanding with mother 46 contacts with Geneviève Straus 165 pregnancy of 50 Alsace and Lorraine reconciliation with mother 65 and Franco-Prussian War 47, 152, 156 relationship with mother 29, 42–43, 50 Anti-Dreyfusard 10 travels of 63 anti-Semitism trip to Bordeaux 43 during 71, 78, 89, 90–92, widowhood of 62 97–98, 113, 136 Bizet, Georges Armingaud, Jules 41–42 Geneviève de 60 Auteuil 51 Grisélidis 36 Jeux d’enfants 52 Baignières, Jacques 83–84 L’Arlésienne 52 Balard, Françoise and Léonie Halévy 42, 49, 57 biography of Geneviève Straus 12 and Opéra-Comique 50 Barrès, Maurice appearance of 29 during Dreyfus Affair 98, 112 as piano teacher 55 Baudelaire, Charles 81–82 critical acclaim for works 53 Belle Époque 56, 95, 116, 154, 162–163, 174, death of 61 180–182 depression and anxiety of 29n, 30, 32, and cross-fertilization of artists 7, 181 34–36 and social inequality 181 deterioration of health 61 prosperity and peace 6 early relationship with Geneviève 28 Benda, Julien 99, 106, 164–165, 182–183 early works 28 La Trahison des clercs 106 letters to Ernest Guiraud 41 La Jeunesse d’un clerc 164 letters to Hippolyte Rodrigues 37 observations about Geneviève’s letters to mother 31 salon 164 marriage 31 Bernhardt, Sarah 9, 73 named chevalier of Legion of Honor Billot, Jean-Baptiste. See Dreyfus Affair 59 Bischoff, Chantal National Guard duty 39 biography of Geneviève Straus 12 Noé 35 Bismarck, Otto von 35, 37, 42 opening performance of Carmen 59 Bizet, Adolphe 29, 31, 47, 57, 59 performance of Liszt work 21 and Jacques Bizet 57 press reviews for Carmen 59 Bizet, Aimée 29, 32, 37 psychological realism of Carmen 58 Bizet, Geneviève revolutionary nature of Carmen 59 apartment at 22 rue de Douai 36 separation from Geneviève 58 depression 33 talent as a pianist 21–22, 54–55 facial tics 48 Bizet, Jacques faith 33 and automobiles 104 first salon of 37 and Taximètres Unic 122 journal of 32 baptism of 58 Index 197

childhood 52, 55–56, 63, 65 Colonne, Mme Édouard death of 177 letter from Geneviève 53 erratic behavior 122 friendship with Marcel Proust 79 d’Annunzio, Gabriel 77 letter to mother 57 d’Haussonville, Gabriel medical practice during Great War 153 during Dreyfus Affair 109 pistol duel 152 Daudet, Alphonse Proust’s attraction to 84 L’Arlésienne 52 second marriage 151n Daudet, Léon 92 Bizet, Madeleine (Breguet) article about Proust in Action française death of 122 166 illness 103 Debussy, Claude 7, 9, 80, 82 marriage to Jacques 103 Degas, Edgar 9, 35, 75, 78, 113–114 Bizets break with Ludovic Halévy 114 and financial security 36, 38, 57 Delaborde, Élie Blanche, Émile, Dr. and Geneviève 36, 61, 63 and Geneviève Bizet 29 Delacroix, Eugène treatment of Léonie Halévy 20, 27 journal of 9, 18–19 Blanche, Jacques-Émile 80 Delaunay, Jules-Élie and Bizets 36 Portrait de Mme Georges Bizet 62, 78, 83, Blum, Léon. See Dreyfus Affair 143 Souvenirs sur l’Affaire 112–113 Demange, Edgar. See Dreyfus Affair Bonaparte, Napoléon Déroulède, Paul 10, 98, 114, See Dreyfus Civil Code of 3, 24 Affair Bougival 61 attempted coup d’état 10 Bourbon, Don Jaime de 77 Divorce Bülow, Hans von 21 legalization of 3 Bussine, Romain Don José and Société Nationale de Musique 52 character of. See Bizet, Georges Dreyfus Affair Café de la Nouvelle Athènes 35 and founding of Zionism 107 Calmette, Gaston 130 and salons 8, 76, 87, 89–90, 95–98, 100 Camille Sée Law 4, 56 anti-Semitic riots during 107 Carmen collapse of government in 1898 104 character of. See Bizet, Georges origins of 10 Catholic Church polarization in 10 and education 4, 24, 98–99 precursor to Hitlerian racism 112 Catholicism verdict of second trial 118 conversion to 35, 51, 58, 71, 103 xenophobia 89 Cavaignac, Godefroy, General. See Dreyfus Dreyfus, Alfred Affair exoneration of 123 Chevigné, Adhéaume de pardon of 120 one of models for Duchess of Guermantes. second trial in 1899 114 See trial and conviction of 89 Clemenceau, Georges 98–99 Dreyfus, Lucie. See Dreyfus Affair Colonne, Édouard Dreyfus, Mathieu. See Dreyfus Affair and Colonne Orchestra 53 Dreyfus, Robert and Concert National 52–54 and Strauses 70–71, 79, 86