Étienne Tréfeu
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Étienne Victor Tréfeu (born Saint-Lô
, Manche
, 25 September 1821 – died Paris
, June, 1903), was a French
librettist, song writer and theatre manager. He is best known for his work with Jacques Offenbach
, including Le rêve d'une nuit d'été (1855), Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins
(1857), Geneviève de Brabant
(1859), Il signor Fagotto
(1863), Le fifre enchanté, ou Le soldat magicien (1864), Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit (1864), Coscoletto, ou Le lazzarone (1865), La princesse de Trébizonde (1869), La romance de la rose (1869), Boule de neige (1871), and Whittington (1874).
He originally came to prominence as a writer of popular songs. In 1873 he became the administrator of the Théâtre de la Gaîté
in Paris.
', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô is a commune in north-western France, the capital of the Manche department in Normandy.-History:Originally called Briovère , the town is built on and around ramparts. Originally it was a Gaul fortified settlement...
, Manche
Manche
Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, 25 September 1821 – died Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, June, 1903), was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
librettist, song writer and theatre manager. He is best known for his work with Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
, including Le rêve d'une nuit d'été (1855), Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins
Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins
Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins is a one-act opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Étienne Tréfeu, first performed in 1857.-Performance history:...
(1857), Geneviève de Brabant
Geneviève de Brabant
Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant....
(1859), Il signor Fagotto
Il signor Fagotto
Il signor Fagotto is a one-act opérette by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu, first performed in 1863...
(1863), Le fifre enchanté, ou Le soldat magicien (1864), Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit (1864), Coscoletto, ou Le lazzarone (1865), La princesse de Trébizonde (1869), La romance de la rose (1869), Boule de neige (1871), and Whittington (1874).
He originally came to prominence as a writer of popular songs. In 1873 he became the administrator of the Théâtre de la Gaîté
Théâtre de la Gaîté (rue Papin)
In 1862 during Haussmann's modernization of Paris the Théâtre de la Gaîté of the boulevard du Temple was relocated to the rue Papin across from the Square des Arts et Métiers....
in Paris.
Source
Tréfeu (de Tréval), Etienne (Victor) by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of OperaNew Grove Dictionary of Opera
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes....
', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7