Prelude - Henri Meilhac

Henri Meilhac (21 February 1831 – 6 July 1897), was a French dramatist and opera librettist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac Meilhac was born in Paris in 1831.
As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront.
About 1860, he met Ludovic Halévy, and their collaboration for the stage lasted twenty years.



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