Henri Meilhac

Henri Meilhac ( born February 21, 1831 in Paris, † July 6, 1897 ) was a French dramatist and librettist.

Life

Henri Meilhac attended the Lycée Louis -le- Grand, then worked for several years with drawing working (staff member of the Journal pour rire ) and brought in 1855 his first two pieces on the stage, although they had no external success, but as the critics samples other than an insignificant invention talent has been recognized that to train then soon broke. Since 1888, he belonged to a member of the Académie française.

Works

  • L' autograph (1858 )
  • Le petit - fils de Mascarille (1859 )
  • Ce qui plait aux hommes ( with Ludovic Halévy, 1860)
  • La vertu de Célimène (1861 )
  • L' attaché d' ambassade (1861 ), served as the basis for the libretto of the operetta The Merry Widow;
  • Les moulins à vent (1862 )
  • La belle Hélène ( with Ludovic Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1864)
  • Barbe- bleue ( with Ludovic Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1866)
  • La vie parisienne ( with Ludovic Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1866)
  • La Grande- Duchesse de Gérolstein ( with Ludovic Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1867)
  • Le château à Toto
  • La Périchole ( with Ludovic Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1868)
  • Le bouquet (1868 )
  • Suzanne et les deux vieillards (1868 )
  • Frou - frou ( his major work, 1869)
  • Les brigands ( with Halévy, operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach, 1869)
  • Tricoche et Cacolet (1872 )
  • La Boule (1875 );
  • Carmen ( with Ludovic Halévy, opera with music by Georges Bizet, after the novella by Prosper Mérimée, 1875)
  • Le mari de la débutante (1879 )
  • Manon ( with Philippe Gille, opera by Jules Massenet, 1884)
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