Henri Meilhac

Henri Meilhac

male, deceased (1897)
vaudeville, Member of the Académie française, Playwright, Musical theatre lyricist, French, Parisian…Barbe-bleue
Henri Meilhac, French dramatist and opera librettist, was born in Paris. While a young man, Meilhac began writing fanciful articles for Parisian...
Hortense Schneider

Hortense Schneider

female, deceased (1920)
Passage des Prince, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, bordeaux, Opera Singer, second empire, La Périchole…Barbe-bleue
Hortense Catherine Schneider was a French soprano. She was born in Bordeaux. She created the title roles in Jacques Offenbach's opéra bouffes "La b...
Walter Felsenstein

Walter Felsenstein

male, deceased (1975)
Theatre director, la traviata, aachen, zurich, Austrian, Opera director…Barbe-bleue
Walter Felsenstein was a theater and opera director. Felsenstein was born in Vienna and began his career at the Burgtheater in his birthcity and...

Henry Brougham Farnie

male, deceased (1889)
poet, Playwright, British, Opera librettist, flora, operetta…Barbe-bleue
Henry Brougham Farnie (1836 - 1889), often called H. B. Farnie, was a British librettist and adapter of operettas and author. In 1857, Farnie wrote...
Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault

male, deceased (1703)
Le Petit Chaperon rouge, BarbeBleue, Peau d'Âne, Cendrillon, Les Fées, les souhaits ridicules
Charles Perrault was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales include "Le Petit...