Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1946 — Yesterday
60th Anniversary Concert & Gala, BizetVerdiWagner, Richard
Seattle OperaGrandes pages d’opéra, MozartBeethovenTchaikovsky, P. I.DonizettiVerdiGounodOffenbachBizet
Opéra Orchestre National de MontpellierLeningrad Oblast Symphony Orchestra, BizetFallaVarious
St Petersburg PhilharmonicI Am What I Am, MozartDvořákBizetLehárKanderHerman
Theater RegensburgSun15:00
Regensburg, GermanySun17:00
London, United KingdomSun18:30
Basel, SwitzerlandMon19:00
New York City, United StatesCarmen, Bizet
Samara Academic Theatre of Opera and BalletWed19:00
Zurich, SwitzerlandCarmen, Bizet
Maria Bieșu National Theater of Opera and BalletThu17:00
Lewes, United KingdomMeilhac was born in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in 1830. As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and comédies en vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront. About 1860, Meilhac met Ludovic Halévy, and their collaboration for the stage lasted twenty years. Their most famous collaboration is the libretto for Georges Bizet's Carmen. However, Meilhac's work is most closely tied to the music of Jacques Offenbach, for whom he wrote over a dozen librettos, most of them together with Halévy. The most successful collaborations with Offenbach are La belle Hélène (1864), Barbe-bleue (1866), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867), and La Périchole (1868). Other librettos by Meilhac include Jules