About Édouard Blau
Lived 1836 – 1906 (aged 69). Édouard Blau was a French librettist and writer.
Édouard Blau (30 May 1836 – 7 January 1906) was a French dramatist and opera librettist. He was a cousin of Alfred Blau, another librettist of the same period.
Going to Paris at the age of 20, he worked at the Assistance Publique but from 1870 concentrated on theatrical writing. For his libretti, he collaborated with Louis Gallet, Alfred Blau, Camille du Locle and Louis de Gramont.
Operas to librettos by Édouard Blau Georges Bizet La Coupe du roi de Thulé (1868–69) Don Rodrigue (1873) Jacques Offenbach La Marocaine (1879) Belle Lurette (1880) Benjamin Godard Dante (1890) Jules Massenet Le Cid (1885) Werther (1892) Édouard Lalo Le roi d'Ys (1888)
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Who was Édouard Blau?
French dramatist and opera librettist (1836–1906)
When was Édouard Blau born?
Édouard Blau was born on 30 May 1836 in Blois.
When did Édouard Blau die?
Édouard Blau died on 7 January 1906 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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Édouard Blau was a librettist and writer.
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Édouard Blau was French.
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