Meilhac

American

[me-yak] / mɛˈyak /

noun

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

Meilhac British

/ mɛjak /

noun

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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"We have to interpret this decision by French judges as a form of resignation faced with a political context which prosecutors did not know how to fight," lawyer Philippe Meilhac said.

From BBC

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

I have seen a good deal of Bourget, and as I have breakfasted with Copp�e and twice dined in company with Meilhac, Sarcey, Albert Wolff, Goncourt, Ganderax, Blowitz, etc., you will judge that I am pretty well saturated and ought to have the last word about ces gens-ci.

From Project Gutenberg

He proposed to Meilhac the task rejected by Lambert Thiboust, and the proposal was immediately accepted.

From Project Gutenberg

Meilhac and Hal�vy will be found at their best in light sketches of Parisian life, Les Sonnettes, Le Roi Candaule, Madame attend Monsieur, Toto chez Tata.

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