French opera librettist, playwright and journalist
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).[1]
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
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