Étienne Tréfeu

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
• 1859: Geneviève de Brabant, opéra bouffon in 2 acts by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Étienne Tréfeu and 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

Bibliography

Tréfeu (de Tréval), Etienne (Victor) by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

• Étienne Tréfeu on Wikisource
• Étienne Tréfeu on data.bnf.fr