Eugène Leterrier
Encyclopedia
Eugène Leterrier was a French librettist.
Leterrier worked at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris but then turned to the theatre. He mainly collaborated in writing libretti with Albert Vanloo
. Their working relationship was productive and stress-free.
In collaboration with Vanloo success first came with Giroflé-Girofla
and La petite mariée for Lecocq. The pair went on to provide libretti for Potier, Jacob, de Villebichet, Offenbach, Chabrier, Lacome and Messager. Chabrier was particularly pleased with the honest and hard work he enjoyed with the librettists for his first staged works.
With Albert Vanloo and Arnold Mortier
Leterrier worked at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris but then turned to the theatre. He mainly collaborated in writing libretti with Albert Vanloo
Albert Vanloo
Albert Vanloo was a Belgian librettist and playwright.Vanloo lived in Paris as a child and was attracted to the theatre. As a young student he began writing plays and opéra comique libretti, notably with Eugène Leterrier who remained his main collaborator until the latter's death in 1884...
. Their working relationship was productive and stress-free.
In collaboration with Vanloo success first came with Giroflé-Girofla
Giroflé-Girofla
Giroflé Girofla is an opéra bouffe in three acts of 1874 with music by Charles Lecocq. The French libretto was by Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier.-Performance history:...
and La petite mariée for Lecocq. The pair went on to provide libretti for Potier, Jacob, de Villebichet, Offenbach, Chabrier, Lacome and Messager. Chabrier was particularly pleased with the honest and hard work he enjoyed with the librettists for his first staged works.
List of libretti
With Albert Vanloo- Giroflé-GiroflaGiroflé-GiroflaGiroflé Girofla is an opéra bouffe in three acts of 1874 with music by Charles Lecocq. The French libretto was by Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier.-Performance history:...
(1874) - La petite mariée for Lecocq (1875)
- Le voyage dans la luneLe Voyage dans la LuneA Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French black-and-white silent science fiction film. It is based loosely on two popular novels of the time: Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon....
(1875) - La marjolaine for Lecocq (1877)
- L'étoile (1877)
- La Camargo for Lecocq (1878)
- Une éducation manquéeUne éducation manquéeUne éducation manquée is an opérette in one act and nine scenes by Emmanuel Chabrier. The French libretto was by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Composed in 1878-79, the work, which is set in the 18th century, is in a lively, light operetta style in which Chabrier excelled and had perfected in...
(1879) - La jolie Persane for Lecocq (1879)
- Le jour et la nuit for Lecocq (1881)
- Mam'zelle Moucheron for Offenbach (1881)
- Le droit d'aînesse (1883)
- La BéarnaiseLa BéarnaiseLa Béarnaise is an opéra comique in three acts of 1885, with music by André Messager and a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.-History:...
(1885)
With Albert Vanloo and Arnold Mortier
- L'arbre de Noël for Lecocq (1880)