Born Louis-Joseph Daussoigne in Givet, he legally changed his name to Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul on 12 August 1845 when he was 55 years old.
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His brother served as a leuitenant in the French Army during the War of 1812 and was killed in action.
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As a member of the company at the Théâtre Lyrique under Pasdeloup and Vizentini she sang various roles at that theatre, creating Mab in Bizet's La jolie fille de Perth, as well as Nérine in L'irato by Méhul (November 1868), Formosa in En Prison by Guiraud (March 1869), and Thérèse in Don Quichotte by Boulanger (May 1869).
Méhul had been introduced to Napoleon by his wife Josephine and attended weekly meetings with the future emperor at his residence at Malmaison.
Matilde di Shabran (full title: Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza e cuor di ferro; English: Matilde of Shabran, or Beauty and Heart of Iron), is a melodramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after François-Benoît Hoffman’s libretto for Méhul’s Euphrosine (1790, Paris) and J. M. Boutet de Monvel's play Mathilde.
Mehul has also done commercial and print work for Dell, Comerica Bank, The Texas State Lottery, Chuck E. Cheese, Nokia, MTV India, J. C. Penney, and Motorola.
Along with Peter Camejo, Donna J. Warren, Forrest Hill, Michael Wyman, Larry Cafiero, and Todd Chretien, Mehul comprised the MVP slate of the 2006 Green Party of California candidates.