Henri Meilhac

Meilhac by [[Jules-Élie Delaunay]], {{circa|1880}} Henri Meilhac (; 23 February 1830 – 6 July 1897) was a prolific French playwright and opera librettist, known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on comic operas with music by Jacques Offenbach. He also wrote occasionally for serious works including Georges Bizet's ''Carmen'' (with Halévy) and Jules Massenet's ''Manon''.

Born in Paris, Meilhac began writing for a humorous magazine in 1852, and four years later he began a career as a playwright. In 1860 he collaborated for the first time with Halévy, an old schoolfriend, on a one-act comedy, presented at the Théâtre des Variétés. Over the next twenty-one years the two co-wrote fifty more stage works.

After Halévy retired in 1882 Meilhac continued to write, sometimes as sole author and sometimes with collaborators. His tally of stage works is more than a hundred, and includes short and full-length comic plays and the libretti of twenty-five operettas. He and Halévy wrote the libretti for Offenbach's ''La belle Hélène'' (1864), ''La vie parisienne'' (1866), ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (1867) and ''La Périchole'' (1868). In addition Meilhac provided libretti for operettas by Charles Lecocq, Hervé, Gaston Serpette and Robert Planquette. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
    Published 1889
    Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1889.
    138 p.
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    by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
    Published 1890
    Paris : Calmann-Lévy, [189-?]
    112 p.
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    [1899?]
    32, 36, 33 leaves.
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    London ; New York : S. French, [1881?]
    40 p.
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    by Hollingshead, John, 1827-1904
    Published 1877
    [S.l. : s.n., 1877?]
    45 p.
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  6. 46
    by Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
    Published 1870
    New York : S. French, c1870.
    59 p.
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    New York : [s.n.], 1880.
    18 p.
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  8. 48
    by Rae, Charles Marsham
    Published 1881
    London ; New York : S. French, [1881?]
    24 p.
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  9. 49
    Boston : W.H. Baker, 1892, c1879.
    20 p.
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    London : T.H. Lacy, [18--]
    40 p.
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  11. 51
    by Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875
    Published 1874
    [1874?]
    1 score (1 v. (various pagings))
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  12. 52
    by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
    Published 1868
    New York : J.A. Gray & Green, 1868.
    40 p.
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    by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
    Published 1867
    New York : J.A. Gray & Green, 1867.
    45 p.
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  14. 54
    by Delafield, John H.
    Published 1879
    New York : Happy Hours, c1879.
    viii, 72 p. : plans.
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  15. 55
    by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
    Published 1868
    New York : J.A. Gray & Green, 1868.
    39 p.
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  16. 56
    Madrid : Impr. de I. Moraleda, 1877.
    53 p. ; 20 cm.
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  17. 57
    by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
    Published 1897
    1897.
    45, 24, 34 leaves.
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  18. 58
    by Planquette, Robert, 1848-1903
    Published 1882
    Philadelphia : J.M. Stoddart, c1882.
    1 vocal score (viii, [3]-166 p.)
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  19. 59
    by Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948
    Published 1909
    Paris : Calmann-Lévy, [1909?]
    140 p.
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  20. 60
    by Reece, Robert, 1838-1891
    Published 1884
    [London : Wood fall & Kinder], 1884.
    50 p.
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