For 10 points-name this French composer of Les Troyens, Roman Carnival, Beatrice and Benedict, and Harold in Italy.
This composer held a series of odd jobs in the theater and gave private lessons to support himself, nearly starving until he won the Prix de Rome in 1830.  He was later hired to teach music at the Paris Conservatory, ironic because he himself had been denied admission to the Conservatory because of his late start as a musician. For 10 points-name this French composer of Les Troyens, Roman Carnival, Beatrice and Benedict, and Harold in Italy.
This composer held a series of odd jobs in the theater and gave private lessons to support himself, nearly starving until he won the Prix de Rome in 1830.  
Hector Berlioz