But he decided to devote himself to acting upon enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship.
Born to a very wealthy Berlin family, Meyerbeer began his musical career as a pianist but soon decided to devote himself to opera, spending several years in Italy studying and composing.
But the producers decided to devote this week's shows mostly to melodrama rather than performances, a curious decision given the strong ratings their competition "The Voice" is pulling down.
There he covered such curiosities as the world's oldest Siamese twins (they were in their twenties and worked in a travelling freak show), but he soon decided to devote himself to screenwriting full time.
"But when we decided to devote our April magazine to the topic of race, we thought we should examine our own history before turning our reportorial gaze to others".
But if the European Union decided to devote too many resources to this task, individual governments might be tempted to scale back to save money.
The band originally intended to take a 12-month-break, but in the end decided to devote their time to making music.
This was former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's original vision for the TARP fund, but he switched course and decided to devote $250 billion to direct equity stake investments in banks before waffling again and heading back in the direction of asset purchases.
Last year, Sean Penn, introducing Julia Roberts for "August: Osage County," pretty much set the tone for the night: "Is 'Sorry, I've been rambling too much,' a bad way to start a speech?" But that was before CBS decided to devote its entire prime-time programming block to the event, putting the Hollywood Film Awards, in its 18th year, on television for the first time.
He thought for a time of a diplomatic career but on his return to France decided to devote himself to literature.
