Émile Jonas (5 March 1827 – 21 May 1905) was a 19th-century French composer.

Works

*1855: ''Le Duel de Benjamin'', libretto by Eugène Mestépès *1856: ''La Parade'', libretto by

Jules Barbier Paul Jules Barbier (; 8 March 182516 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré.

and Jules Brésil) *1857: ''Le roi boit'', libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Eugène Mestépès *1857: ''Les Petits Prodiges'', libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Etienne Tréfeu *1863: ''Job et son chien'', libretto by Eugène Mestépès) *1864: ''Le Manoir des Larenardière'', libretto by Eugène Mestépès *1865: ''Avant la noce'', libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Paul Boisselot *1865: ''Les Deux Arlequins'', libretto by Eugène Mestépès *1867: ''Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre'', composition with

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 ...

, Isidore Legouix and

Léo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and French opera, operas. His works include the ballets ''Coppélia'' (1870) and ''Sylvia (b ...

, libretto by

William Busnach William Bertrand Busnach (7 March 1832, Paris – 20 January 1907, Paris) was a French dramatist. Biography Busnach was a nephew of the composer Fromental Halévy. His father was associated with David Ben Joseph Coen Bakri, to whom France was ...

after

Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, main ...

*1869: ''Le Canard à trois becs'', libretto by Jules Moinaux *1869: ''Désiré, sire de Champigny'' *1871: ''Javotte'' ou ', libretto by Alfred Thompson, London *1873: ''Goldchignon'' (libretto : Eugène Grangé, Victor Bernard and

Étienne Tréfeu Étienne Victor Tréfeu (de Tréval) (born Saint-Lô, Manche, September 25, 1821 – died Paris, June, 1903), was a French librettist, song writer and theatre manager. He is best known for his work with Jacques Offenbach. He originally came to pr ...

, in German

Julius Hopp Julius Hopp (18 May 1819 – 28 August 1885) was an Austrian composer, conductor, arranger and translator. Life and career Born in Graz, Empire of Austria, the son of the actor and poet Friedrich Hopp, Lucius became known in the 1860s and 1870s t ...

), Vienna *1874: ', libretto by Eugène Grangé and Victor Bernard, in German, F. Zell and

Richard Genée Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (7 February 1823 – 15 June 1895) was a Prussian-born Austrian libretto, librettist, playwright, and composer. Life Genée was born in Gdańsk, Danzig. He died in Baden bei Wien. Works He is most famous for the li ...

), Vienna *1882: ''La Bonne Aventure'', libretto by

Hector Crémieux In Greek mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's ''Iliad'', where he leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing c ...

and Albert de Saint-Albin *1882: ''Estelle et Némourin'', libretto by Émile de Najac and

Henry Bocage Henry Bocage (1835 – 14 October 1917) was a French playwright of the second half of the 19th century. A nephew of the actor Bocage (actor), Bocage and younger brother of Paul Bocage, Hanry Bocage wrote comedies as well as novels. An engineer by ...

*1883: ''Le Premier Baiser'', libretto by

Émile de Najac Comte Émile de Najac (December 1828 – 11 April 1889) was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during the Second Empire (France), Second Empire and early part of the Third Republic (France), Third Republic, supplying plays and opéra co ...

and

Raoul Toché François-Frédéric-Raoul Toché (7 October 1850 – 18 January 1895) was a French playwright and journalist. Life and career Toché was born on 7 October 1850 in Rueil, now known as Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. As a playwright he is known for hi ...

* ''La Princesse Kelebella'' * ''Miss Robinson''

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