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Édouard Blau
Librettist
Biography
French librettist Édouard Blau (1836–1906) worked with such composers as Bizet, Massenet and Offenbach. He is best known today as co-librettist for Massenet's Werther.

Blau was born in Blois and moved to Paris aged 20. He worked at the Assistance Publique administering social services until 1870, by which time he was increasingly known as a theatre journalist and librettist. He most frequently worked in collaboration with other librettists, including his cousin Alfred Blau and his Assistance Publique colleague Louis Gallet.

Blau's librettos include Bizet's La Coupe de roi de Thulé (unperformed) and Don Rodrigue (opera unfinished) with Gallet; Offenbach's Belle Lurette (1880) with Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché; Massenet's Le Cid (1885) with Adolphe d'Ennery and Gallet and Werther (1892) with Paul Miliet and Georges Hartmann; and Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys (1888) and La Jacquerie (1895) with Simone Arnaud.

Productions
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Opera VermontWerther2/24/2023 - 2/25/2023
Houston Grand OperaWerther1/27/2023 - 2/10/2023
Florida Grand OperaWerther4/27/2019 - 5/11/2019
OperaDelawareWerther11/18/2017 - 11/19/2017
Opera IdahoWerther5/5/2017 - 5/7/2017
Manitoba OperaWerther4/29/2017 - 5/5/2017
Metropolitan OperaWerther2/16/2017 - 3/9/2017
Odyssey OperaLe Cid9/18/2015 - 9/18/2015
Mobile OperaWerther10/10/2014 - 10/25/2014
Metropolitan OperaWerther2/2/2014 - 3/15/2014
Lyric Opera of ChicagoWerther11/11/2012 - 11/25/2012
Washington National OperaWerther5/5/2012 - 5/27/2012
Minnesota OperaWerther2/5/2012 - 2/5/2012
Washington Concert OperaWerther5/22/2011 - 5/22/2011
The Cleveland OperaWerther4/4/2011 - 4/10/2011
Opéra de MontréalWerther1/1/2011 - 1/29/2011
San Francisco OperaWerther9/9/2010 - 10/10/2010
Opera AustraliaWerther3/3/2009 - 3/26/2009
Opera HamiltonWerther2/2/2008 - 2/7/2008
Opera Ontario, Inc.Werther2/2/2008 - 2/9/2008
Chautauqua OperaWerther8/6/2007 - 8/8/2007
Vancouver New MusicWerther10/13/2006 - 10/13/2006
Louisiana State UniversityWerther4/1/2005 - 4/24/2005
Florida State OperaWerther3/1/2005 - 4/1/2005
Buenos Aires LíricaWerther7/1/2004 - 7/31/2004
Sarasota OperaWerther2/1/2004 - 3/1/2004
Metropolitan OperaWerther1/1/2004 - 1/22/2004
Opera ViventeWerther11/1/2003 - 11/9/2003
Indianapolis OperaWerther3/3/2003 - 3/16/2003
New National Theatre, TokyoWerther2/2/2002 - 3/2/2002
Opera PhiladelphiaWerther3/3/2001 - 3/25/2001
Pittsburgh OperaWerther3/3/2000 - 3/19/2000
Portland OperaWerther11/8/1999 - 11/12/1999
Detroit OperaWerther10/10/1999 - 11/13/1999
Metropolitan OperaWerther1/1/1999 - 2/4/1999
Pittsburgh OperaWerther12/4/1998 - 12/4/1998
Los Angeles OperaWerther9/9/1998 - 9/26/1998
Boston Lyric OperaWerther3/3/1998 - 3/15/1998
Pacific Opera VictoriaWerther2/1/1998 - 2/19/1998
Teatro Municipal De SantiagoWerther8/8/1997 - 8/25/1997
Opera AustraliaWerther8/1/1997 - 9/1/1997
Seattle OperaWerther1/1/1997 - 1/30/1997
New Orleans Opera AssociationWerther12/12/1996 - 12/13/1996
Florida Grand OperaWerther3/1/1996 - 3/28/1996
Juilliard SchoolWerther4/1/1995 - 4/9/1995
Opéra de MontréalWerther9/1/1994 - 10/1/1994
Chautauqua OperaWerther8/1/1994 - 8/8/1994
Calgary Opera AssociationWerther12/1/1993 - 12/6/1993
Glimmerglass FestivalWerther7/1/1993 - 7/30/1993
Cincinnati OperaWerther7/1/1993 - 7/24/1993
San Diego Opera AssociationWerther4/1/1993 - 4/28/1993
Lyric Opera of ChicagoLe Cid1/1/1993 - 1/31/1993
Canadian Opera CompanyWerther9/1/1992 - 10/1/1992
Skylight Music TheatreWerther10/1/1991 - 11/1/1991
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