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Meilhac

American  
[me-yak] / mɛˈyak /

noun

  1. Henri 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.


Meilhac British  
/ mɛjak /

noun

  1. Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1831–97, French dramatist, who collaborated with Halévy on opera libretti, esp Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1865) and La Vie parisienne (1867)

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Offenbach and librettists Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy set the opening scene in the main square of Lima, outside The Three Cousins tavern.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2013

The two investigators had a series of interviews with Sardou, Dumas fils, Pailleron, Meilhac, Daudet, and Edmond de Goncourt.

From How to Write a Play Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou, Zola by Matthews, Brander

Meilhac and Hal�vy for which M. Jacques Offenbach composed the music.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

Born in 1832, M. Henri Meilhac, like M. �mile Zola, dealt in books before he began to make them.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

In 1859, M. Meilhac made his first attempt at a comedy in five acts, but the Petit fils de Mascarille had not the good fortune of his ancestor.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various