PARIS, July 6. -- Henri Meilhac, the noted dramatic author and member of the French Academy, is dead. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Henri Meilhac has written 11 shows including La Belle Hélène (Libretto), La Périchole (Librettist), Barbe-Bleue (Libretto), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Librettist), Les Brigands ...

The story of the Spanish gypsy girl comes from Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen, published in 1845. It caught Bizet’s attention, and he proposed that he adapt it for opera with two leading Parisian ...