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Language French Name Meilhac, Henri, playwright and librettist, 1831-1897 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 53068 G

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Add MS 53068 G
Title:
La Vie Parisienne, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy.
Scope & Content:
Pièce in five acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, La Librairie Nouvelle (1867). A dramatis personae with the original cast included on folio 3v. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for several passages to be omit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1868
Extent:

66 folios.

2. Add MS 53068 I

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Add MS 53068 I
Title:
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy
Scope & Content:
Opéra-bouffe in three acts and four tableaux with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, La Librairie Nouvelle (1868). Dramatis personae with the names of the original cast on folio 3v. Occasional manuscript additions on f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1868
Extent:

73 folios.

3. Add MS 53068 J

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Add MS 53068 J
Title:
La Belle Hélène, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy; English translation by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in three acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Chappell & Co, New Bond Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae with the names of the performers on folio 3. French with parallel English text. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) ask...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1868
Extent:

54 folios.

4. Add MS 53077 X

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Add MS 53077 X
Title:
Barbe-Bleue, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy.
Scope & Content:
Opera bouffe in three acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 14 June 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. (1866). The play was first performed at the théatre des Variétés on the 5 February 1866 as noted on folio 2....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

69 folios.

5. Add MS 53085 D

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Add MS 53085 D
Title:
La Périchole, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy.
Scope & Content:
Opera-bouffe in two acts, with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevarde Des Italiens, Paris. (1869). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for several lines to be omitted in performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

53 folios.

6. Add MS 53085 E

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Add MS 53085 E
Title:
Froufrou, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevarde Des Italiens, Paris. (1870). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for passages to be omitted in line with the cuts requested for the English version of the play ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

84 folios.

7. Add MS 53124 A

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Add MS 53124 A
Title:
'Les Sonnettes', by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Scope & Content:
'Les Sonnettes', by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Play read 5 June 1873 for a licence to perform at the Princess's Theatre. 37 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

8. Zweig MS 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 72
Title:
Jacques Offenbach: ‘La belle Hélène’, operetta in three acts (libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy)
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of 15 to 24 staves. With corrections and additions in ink, some on inserted leaves, and a few pencil annotations also in autograph. Repeated passages are usually not entered in full and are instead indicated by numbered or lettered bars. In some nu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and German
Date Range:
[1864]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 205 folios)