Charles Lecocq
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Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable succes
Jacques Offenbach
Scene from La Fille de Madame Angot, Paris, 1873
Le Cœur et la Main, one of Lecocq's successes in the 1880s
Giroflé-Girofla, 1874
Ludovic Halévy
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Ludovic Halévy was a French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretti for Georges Bizet's Carmen and comic operas by Jacques Offenbach, including La belle
Charles Lecocq
…Charles Gounod and Eugène Scribe considered 78 entries; the five short-listed entrants were all asked to set a libretto, Le Docteur Miracle, written by Ludovic Halévy and Léon Battu. The joint winners were Bizet and Lecocq. Richard Traubner comments in his history of operetta that Bizet's version has survived better…
Halévy early in his career
Halévy later in his career.
Poster for the première of Carmen