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Henri Meilhac (23 February 1830 – 6 July 1897) was a French dramatist and opera librettist, best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on Georges Bizet's Carmen and on the works of Jacques Offenbach, as well as Jules Massenet's Manon.
Henri Meilhac [N 1], né le 23 février 1830 dans l'ancien 4 e arrondissement de Paris et mort le 6 juillet 1897 dans le 8 e arrondissement de Paris, est un auteur dramatique, librettiste d'opérettes et d'opéras français.
Henri Meilhac (1831-1897) Henri Meilhac was born in Paris in 1831. As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront. About 1860, he met Ludovic Halévy, and their collaboration for the stage lasted twenty years.
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Overview. Henri Meilhac. (1831—1897) Quick Reference. (1831–97) and. (1834–1908) A prolific partnership of Parisian playwrights under the Second Empire; during their long joint career they wrote journalism, novels, and more than 50 plays and librettos. They ... From: Meilhac, Henri in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance »
Ludovic Halévy (born Jan. 1, 1834, Paris, Fr.—died May 8, 1908, Paris) was a French librettist and novelist who, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, wrote the librettos for most of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach and who also wrote satiric comedies about contemporary Parisian life.
Across a career spanning some three and a half decades, the French playwright and librettist Henri Meilhac perfected a style of comic writing that merged biting satire, nimble parody, and good, old-fashioned fun.
Sep 26, 2016 · HENRI MEILHAC (1831 – 1897) It’s almost impossible to separate these two authors who were collaborators on plays and librettos for over twenty years. Grove’s Dictionary of Opera did, and Meilhac was awarded a mere paragraph! So, in the interest of space, I’ll combine them.
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