Paul Jules Barbier (8 March 182516 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré. He was a noted Parisian bon vivant and man of letters.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: **''La Colombe'', '' Faust'' (*), ''

Le médecin malgré lui ''Le Médecin malgré lui'' (; "The doctor/physician in spite of himself") is a farce by Molière first presented in 1666 (published as a manuscript in early 1667) at le théâtre du Palais-Royal by la Troupe du Roi. The play is one of seve ...

'' (*), ''Philémon et Baucis'', ''

Polyeucte ''Polyeucte'' is a drama in five acts by French writer Pierre Corneille. It was finished in December 1642 and debuted in October 1643. It is based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus (Polyeucte).La reine de Saba ''La reine de Saba'' (''The Queen of Sheba'') is a grand opera in four or five acts by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré inspired by Gérard de Nerval's ''La Reine de Saba'', in '' Le voyage en Orient''. It was premier ...

'' and '' Roméo et Juliette'' (*) * Victor Massé: **''Galathée'' **''Les Saisons'' (*) *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...

: **''Le pardon de Ploërmel'' (later revised as '' Dinorah'') * Jacques Offenbach: **'' The Tales of Hoffmann'' *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 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 C ...

: **'' Le timbre d'argent'' * Ambroise Thomas: **'' Hamlet'' (*), '' Mignon'' (*) and ''

Françoise de Rimini ''Françoise de Rimini'' ( Francesca da Rimini) is an opera in four acts with a prologue and an epilogue. The last opera composed by Ambroise Thomas, it sets a French libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier which is based on an episode from D ...

'' (*). 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'', whi ...

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

incidental music Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as t ...

to Barbier's play ''Jeanne d'Arc'', and the libretto to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky'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 Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Writers from Paris {{Opera-bio-stub

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