Meilhac

[ me-yak ]

noun

1. Hen·ri [ah, n, -, ree], 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.

Meilhac

/ mɛjak /

noun

1. MeilhacHenri18311897MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatistMUSIC: librettist 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)

Example Sentences

Some say it was a fortunate event for Meilhac; others assert that Halevy reaped a great profit by the union.

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It is perhaps not too much to say that Meilhac and Halvy are seen at their best in these one-act plays.

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

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M. Meilhac has the more masculine style, and so the literary progeny of the couple bear rather his name than his associate's.

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It is not that M. Halvy is some two years the junior of M. Meilhac: it lies in the quality of their respective abilities.

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