Paul Jules Barbier (; 8 March 182516 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and

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librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré.Baltimore Opera Study Guide – ''Roméo et Juliette''

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His libretti for extant operas (those co-written with Carré are shown with an asterisk) include: *

Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

: **''La Colombe'', ''

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'' (*), '' Le médecin malgré lui'' (*), '' Philémon et Baucis'', '' Polyeucte'', '' La reine de Saba'' and '' Roméo et Juliette'' (*) * Victor Massé: **''Galathée'' **''Les Saisons'' (*) *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart and Richard Wa ...

: **''Le pardon de Ploërmel'' (later revised as '' Dinorah'') *

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...

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The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

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Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

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Le timbre d'argent ''Le timbre d'argent'' (, ''The Silver Bell'') is an in four acts by composer Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Although completed in 1865, the opera did not receive its premiere performance until 23 Fe ...

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Ambroise Thomas Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (; 5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas ''Mignon'' (1866) and ''Hamlet (opera), Hamlet'' (1868). Born into a musical family, Thomas was a student at the C ...

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'' (*), '' Mignon'' (*) and '' Françoise de Rimini'' (*). He also wrote the libretto for ''La Guzla de l'Émir'', a one-act comic opera by

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', w ...

. This was never performed and probably destroyed. He wrote the scenario for Léo Delibes' ballet '' Sylvia''. Charles Gounod wrote

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to Barbier's play ''Jeanne d'Arc'', and the libretto to

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popula ...

's opera '' The Maid of Orleans'' was partially based on it.

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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
Reine de Saba. Inspirez-moi, race divine. Vocal score. English & French
from the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection 1825 births 1901 deaths 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French poets French ballet librettists French opera librettists Officers of the Legion of Honour Writers from Paris {{Opera-bio-stub

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