- Jules Barbier
Paul Jules Barbier (
8 March ,1825 -16 January ,1901 ) was a French poet, writer andopera librettist who often wrote in collaboration withMichel Carré . He was a noted Parisian bon vivant and man of letters [ [http://www.baltimoreopera.com/education/studyguide/rj_04.asp Baltimore Opera Study Guide - "Roméo et Juliette"] ] .His libretti for extant operas include:
*Charles Gounod :
**"La Colombe", "Faust" (*), "Le Médecin malgré lui " (*), "Philémon et Baucis", "Polyeucte ", "La Reine de Saba" and "Romeo et Juliette " (*)
*Victor Massé :
**"Galathée"
*Giacomo Meyerbeer :
**"Le Pardon de Ploermel" (later revised as "Dinorah")
*Jacques Offenbach :
**"The Tales of Hoffmann "
*Camille Saint-Saens :
**"Le Timbre d'argent"
*Ambroise Thomas :
**"Hamlet" (*), "Mignon " (*) and "Francesca da Rimini".(*) co-written with
Michel Carré .He also wrote the libretto for "La Guzla de l'Émir", a one-act comic opera by
Georges Bizet . This was never performed and probably destroyed.He wrote the scenario for
Léo Delibes ' ballet "Sylvia".Gounod wrote incidental music to Barbier's play "Jeanne d'Arc", and the libretto to
Pyotr Tchaikovsky 's opera "The Maid of Orleans " was partially based on it.References
External links
* [http://hdl.handle.net/1802/3968 Polyeucte : opéra in quatre actes / paroles de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré; partition, piano et chant réduite par H. Salomon, opera vocal scores with piano] from the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection
* [http://hdl.handle.net/1802/1082 Reine de Saba. Inspirez-moi, race divine. Vocal score. English & French] from the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection
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