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Eugène Gaston Mestépès (1818 in Pau – 15 May 1875 in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
) was a 19th-century French
librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...
, playwright and theatre director.Authority control of the BNF.


Biography

Mestépès was essentially a librettist of
operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...
s and opéras comiques. His plays were presented mainly at the
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers ...
(''
Le violoneux ''Le violoneux'' is a one-act operetta (« légende bretonne » - Brittany, Breton legend) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Émile Chevalet, first performed in 1855. Performance history The triumphant premiere ...
'', ''Le Roi Boit'', ''Dragonette'', ''Le Duel de Benjamin''), the Théâtre-Lyrique (''La Demoiselle d’honneur'', ''Maître Griffard'', ''Ondine'') and the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (''Les Deux Arlequins''). However, he worked on two great dramas: ''Christophe Colomb'' (1861) and ''Le Coup de Jarnac'' (1866). Secretary of the Bouffes-Parisiens during the installation passage Choiseul, he ended up being associated with François Varcollier for the exploitation of the theater after the departure of
Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...
. He was general dramaturge of the
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in 1827 was destroyed by fire. A ...
when he died.


Works

*1855: ''
Le violoneux ''Le violoneux'' is a one-act operetta (« légende bretonne » - Brittany, Breton legend) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Émile Chevalet, first performed in 1855. Performance history The triumphant premiere ...
'', one-act operetta by Jacques Offenbach, Bouffes-Parisiens, 31 August *1855: ''Le Duel de Benjamin'', opérette de salon by
Émile Jonas 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 and Jules Brésil) *1857: ''Le roi boit'', l ...
, libretto by Eugène Mestépès, Bouffes-Parisiens *1857: ''Les Trois Baisers du Diable'', opéra fantastique in 1 act by Jacques Offenbach, Bouffes-Parisiens, 15 January *1857: ''Le Roi Boit'', one-act operetta by Émile Jonas, libretto by Eugène Mestépès and
Adolphe Jaime Adolphe Jaime, called Jaime fils, (1825 in Paris – 1901 in Asnières-sur-Seine) was a 19th-century French vaudevillist and librettist. He was the son of Ernest Jaime (1804–1884), also a playwright. Works *1845: ''Le Diable à quatre'', va ...
, Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 April *1857: ''Dragonette'', one-act opéra-bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Adolphe Jaime, Bouffes-Parisiens, 30 April *1857: ''Maître Griffard'', one-act opéra comique by
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 Eugène Mestépès and Adolphe Jaime, Théâtre-Lyrique, 3 October *1857: ''La Demoiselle d’honneur'', three-act opéra comique by Théophile Semet, libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Sébastien Kauffmann, Théâtre-Lyrique, 30 December *1861: ''Christophe Colomb'', drama in 5 acts and a prologue by Eugène Mestépès and Eugène Barré, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 30 August *1863: ''Ondine'', three-act opéra comique by Théophile Semet, libretto by Eugène Mestépès and
Lockroy Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (February 17, 1803 – January 19, 1891)Death notice
in ''
Fantaisies-Parisiennes, 29 December *1866: ''Le Coup de Jarnac'', five-act historical drama by Eugène Mestépès and Couturier, music by Fossey, théâtre de la Gaîté, 20 February *1872: '' Sylvana'', four-act opera by
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, arranged by Eugène Mestépès, Victor Wilder and Charles Constantin, Théâtre-Lyrique, 2 AprilSilvana on BNF
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Sources

* ''Journal pour tous'', Paris, 18e année, n°32, Friday 21 May 1875, (p. 510).


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Eugène Mestépès
on Wikisource * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mestepes, Eugene French theatre managers and producers 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists 1818 births People from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1875 deaths