What is Ferdinand Lemaire?
'''Ferdinand Lemaire''' was a librettist and writer. He is best remembered as the librettist for [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]'s [[opera]] ''[[Samson and Delilah|Samson et Delila]]'' (1876). Lemaire was born in [[Martinique]]. He was a [[creole]]. He married into Saint-Saëns's family. He agreed to write ''Samson'' but only as opera, rather than as an oratorio as the composer first intended. [[Category:Librettists]]