Jules Adenis

Jules-Adenis de Colombeau (28 June 1823 – 1900) was a 19th-century French opera librettist, playwright, and journalist.

Adenis was born in Paris and studied at the Collège royal de Bourbon (now the Lycée Condorcet). Colombeau was initially employed by the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. At this time he was already working for various newspapers and magazines.

Some of Colombeau's works include Un Postillon en gage (1856) Sylvie (1864), and La Grand'tante (1867).

Both of Colombeau's sons, Eugène (1854–1923) and Édouard (1867–1952) became writers and librettists.

La Fiancée d'Abydos La Fiancée d'Abydos, premiered 30 December 1865 at the Théâtre-Lyrique Libretto: Jules Adenis Music: Adrien Barthe Mise en scène : Léon Carvalho Lithographs : Pierre-Auguste Lamy Décorateurs: Joseph Thierry et Charles-Antoine Cambon

Works Opera librettos 1856: Un Postillon en gage, one-act operetta, with Édouard Plouvier, music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 February 1863: Madame Pygmalion, one-act opérette bouffe, with Francis Tourte, music by Frédéric Barbier, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 6 February 1864: Sylvie, one-act opéra comique, with Jules Rostaing, music by Ernest Guiraud, Opéra-Comique, 11 May 1865: La Fiancée d'Abydos, opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, music by Adrien Barthe, Théâtre-Lyrique, 30 December 1867: La Grand'tante, one-act opéra comique, with Charles Grandvallet, music by Jules Massenet, Opéra-comique, 3 April 1867: La Jolie fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, after Walter Scott, with Henri de Saint-Georges, music by Georges Bizet, Théâtre-Lyrique impérial, 26 December 1868: La Contessina, three-act opéra-seria, with Henri de Saint-Georges, Italian text by Achille de Lauzières, music by Joseph Poniatowski, Théâtre Italien, 28 April 1873: Les Trois Souhaits, one-act opéra comique, music by Ferdinand Poise, Opéra-Comique, 29 October 1878: La Zingarella, one-act opéra comique, music by Joseph O'Kelly, Opéra-Comique, 26 February La Zingarella, with Jules Montini 1884: Le Portrait, two-act opéra comique, with Laurencin, music by Théodore Lajarte, Opéra-Comique, 18 June 1886: Les Templiers, opera in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Paul-Armand Silvestre and Lionel Bonnemère, music by Henry Litolff, Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 25 January 1886: Juge et Partie, two-act opéra comique, after Montfleury, music by Edmond Missa, Opéra-Comique, 17 November 1897: Le Légataire universel (with Lionel Bonnemère, after Jean-François Regnard), "opéra bouffe" in 3 acts, music by Georges Pfeiffer 1907: Marcella, music by Umberto Giordano Theatre 1852: Une Nuit orageuse, two-act comedy, mingled with song, with Armand d'Artois, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 September 1854: Ne touchez pas à la hache!, "comédie-vaudeville" in 1 act (with Édouard Plouvier), Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 15 April Text online 1854: Ô le meilleur des pères, comédie en vaudeville, with Adrien Decourcelle, Théâtre des Variétés, 10 June 1855: Philanthropie et repentir, "comédie-vaudeville" in 1 act, Théâtre des Variétés, 25 April 1855: Trop beau pour rien faire, one-act comedy mingled with song, with Édouard Plouvier, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 13 November 1857: La Crise de ménage, one-act comedy mingled with songs, with Édouard Plouvier, Théâtre des Variétés, 23 December 1859: Feu le capitaine Octave, one-act comedy, with Édouard Plouvier, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 19 March 1860: Si Pontoise le savait!, "comédie-vaudeville" in 1 act, with Laurencin and Francis Tourte, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 25 February 1860: Une Bonne pour tout faire, "comédie-vaudeville" in 1 act, with Jules Rostaing, Théâtre Déjazet, 16 March 1860: Toute seule, one-act comedy mingled with song, with Édouard Plouvier, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 July 1868: La Czarine, drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Octave Gastineau, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 30 May Text online 1874: L'Officier de fortune, drama in 5 acts and 10 tableaux, including a prologue, with Jules Rostaing, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 11 September 1879: L'Abîme de Trayas, drama in 5 acts and 6 tableaux, with Jules Rostaing, Théâtre de Cluny, 16 January Varia 1887–1889: Le Théâtre chez soi. Contes et légendes en action. Charades en trois parties, 5 vols. 1892: Les Étapes d'un touriste en France. De Marseille à Menton Text online