French librettist, song writer and theatre manager
Étienne Tréfeu (ca. 1860)
Étienne Victor Tréfeu (de Tréval) (born
Saint-Lô,
Manche, September 25, 1821 – died
Paris, June, 1903), was a French
librettist, song writer and theatre manager. He is best known for his work with
Jacques Offenbach. 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.
Works
1855: Le Rêve d'une nuit d'été,
saynète in 1 act by Jacques Offenbach
1857: Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins, opérette bouffe en 1 act by Jacques Offenbach, libretto with
Adolphe Jaime fils
1863: Il Signor Fagotto, one-act opéra comique by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by
Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1864: Le soldat magicien, one-act opéra comique by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1864: Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit, opérette en 1 acte de Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1865: Coscoletto ou le Lazzarone, two-act opéra comique by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1869: La princesse de Trébizonde, opéra bouffe in 2 then 3 acts by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1869: La Romance de la rose, one-act
operetta by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Étienne Tréfeu and
Jules Prével
1871: Boule-de-Neige, three-act opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
1874: Whittington, grand-opéra-bouffe-féerie in 3 acts by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu adapted in English by
Henry Brougham Farnie
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