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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.
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 »
French dramatist and librettist Henri Meilhac is best known for librettos he wrote with his frequent collaborator, Ludovic Halévy, for Jacques Offenbach’s comic operas. Meilhac’s clever, satirical portraits of Parisian society effectively captured the spirit of the times.
Henri Meilhac Librettist. Season 24/25 Artist. Currently in. Opera . Manon. Jules Massenet. Opéra Bastille; from 26 May to 20 June 2025; On sale 19 Nov 2024 from 12: ...
Sep 26, 2016 · Collaboration seems to have been Halévy’s preferred method of working, and the success of Hélène was the start of an extraordinary working relationship with Henri Meilhac. Meilhac, another Parisian, was born in 1831.
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.
