Name Hector-Jonathan Cremieux | Role Librettist | |
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Books Orphee Aux Enfers: An Opera in Four Acts ... Libretti Orpheus in the Underworld, Le petit Faust, La jolie parfumeuse, Le pont des soupirs, Robinson Crusoe, Bagatelle Similar People Ludovic Halevy, Herve, Jacques Offenbach | ||
Orpheus in der Unterwelt
Hector-Jonathan Crémieux (10 November 1828 – 30 September 1892) was a French librettist and playwright. His best-known work is his collaboration with Ludovic Halévy for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, known in English as Orpheus in the Underworld.
Contents
- Orpheus in der Unterwelt
- Life
- For Jacques Offenbach
- For Lo Delibes
- For Herv
- For Lon Vasseur
- Plays
- References
Life
Crémieux was born in Paris to a Jewish family - he was related to the lawyer Adolphe Crémieux . He studied law and then worked in the civil service. His first play, Fiesque (1852) was a historical drama, but before long he started to write comedies and then, in collaboration, operetta and opéra comique librettos. His collaborations with Halévy were often written under the joint pseudonym Paul d'Arcy.
In 1887, Crémieux became secretary-general of the Société des Dépôts Comptes Courants, and ceased writing. Five years later, the Société collapsed and he committed suicide by gunshot in Paris.
For Jacques Offenbach
For Léo Delibes
For Hervé
For Léon Vasseur
Plays
Amongst the plays written by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux are: