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French journalist and librettist
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Male
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Birth:
10 January 1843(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Death:
1885(Croissy-sur-Seine, France)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Arnold Mortier (1843 – 2 January 1885) was a 19th-century French journalist, playwright, and librettist.
Arnold Mortier was responsible for the drama column at Le Figaro, gathered in a collection entitled Les soirées parisiennes de 18NN par un Monsieur de l'orchestre.
Mortier cosigned the libretto of the opéra-bouffe Le Docteur Ox by Jacques Offenbach, created in 1877.
He also participated to the writing of the following:
- Le voyage dans la lune, opéra-féerie in four acts and 23 scenes by Jacques Offenbach (1875)
- L'arbre de Noël (with Georges Jacobi) (1880)
Works
- Arnold Mortier, Les Soirées parisiennes de 18NN : par un Monsieur de l'orchestre, Paris, E. Dentu, 1875-1885 Read online, on Gallica.