# Albert Millaud > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albert_Millaud > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albert_Millaud.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Millaud > Source revision: 1354831141 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French journalist and writer (1844–1892)}} thumb|Albert Millaud '''Albert Millaud''' was a French journalist, writer and stage author (Paris, 13 January 1844 – Paris, 23 October 1892).[https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12943930z Entry in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France], accessed 17 May 2016. == Life and career == He was the son of the banker [Moïse Millaud](/source/Mo%C3%AFse_Polydore_Millaud), the founder of ''[Le Petit Journal](/source/Le_Petit_Journal_(newspaper))''.Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' [Éditions Gallimard](/source/%C3%89ditions_Gallimard), Paris, 2000, {{p.|493}}. He studied law (obtaining his doctorate in 1866), but turned his energies to literature and in 1865 published a volume of poetry entitled ''Fantaisies de jeunesse''. Under the pseudonym '''Oronte''', he wrote articles for ''La Gazette de Hollande'' and ''La Revue de poche'' which he founded with Abel d’Avrecourt. For his daily articles in ''[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)'', where he covered parliamentary affairs, he also used the pseudonymsGeorges d'Heylli, ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', Olms, 1887 (Slatkine, 1971). '''La Bruyère''', '''Saint-Simon''', '''Paul Hémery''', '''Lafontaine''' and '''Baron Grimm'''. Millaud's first play, written in 1872, was ''Le Péché véniel''. He was the author of the libretto for several opérettes for [Jacques Offenbach](/source/Jacques_Offenbach), [Charles Lecocq](/source/Charles_Lecocq) and [Hervé](/source/Herv%C3%A9_(composer)). He married the singer [Anna Judic](/source/Anna_Judic),Jacques Rouchouse, ''Hervé, le père de l'opérette : 50 ans de folies parisiennes'' - éd. Maule, 1994. for whom he wrote ''Lilli'', ''Niniche'', ''[La Roussotte](/source/La_Roussotte)'', ''La Femme à papa'' and most memorably ''[Mam'zelle Nitouche](/source/Mam'zelle_Nitouche)'' (in collaboration with [Henri Meilhac](/source/Henri_Meilhac)). He became a chevalier de la [Légion d'honneur](/source/L%C3%A9gion_d'honneur) in 1877. == Works == === Theatre === * 1872: ''Le Péché véniel'', one-act verse play * 1873: ''Plutus'' in collaboration with Gaston Jollivet (later an opéra comique, see below) * 1877: ''La Farce de la femme muette'', after [Rabelais](/source/Rabelais), first performed at the [Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Porte_Saint-Martin) * 1877: ''Le Collier d'or'', one-act verse play * 1882: ''Lili'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Alfred Hennequin et [Ernest Blum](/source/Ernest_Blum), first performed in Paris at the [Théâtre des Variétés](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s) on 11 January 1882 * 1891: ''Le Fiacre 117'', play in three acts, with [Émile de Najac](/source/%C3%89mile_de_Najac) === Music === * 1873: ''La Quenouille de verre'': opéra-bouffe en 3 actes, music by [Grisart](/source/Charles_Grisart) * 1874: ''[Madame l'archiduc](/source/Madame_l'archiduc)'', opéra-bouffe, in three acts, music by [Jacques Offenbach](/source/Jacques_Offenbach) * 1875: ''[La Créole](/source/La_Cr%C3%A9ole)'', music by Jacques Offenbach * 1875: ''Les Hannetons'', revue de printemps in three acts, five tableaux (with [Eugène Grangé](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Grang%C3%A9)), music by Jacques Offenbach * 1875: ''[Plutus](/source/Plutus_(opera))'', opéra comique in three acts, music by [Charles Lecocq](/source/Charles_Lecocq) * 1878: ''Niniche'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts, with [Alfred Hennequin](/source/Alfred_Hennequin), music by Marius Boullard, first performed at the [Théâtre des Variétés](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s) on 15 February 1878 * 1879: ''La Femme à papa'', comédie-opérette in three acts, with Alfred Hennequin, music by [Hervé](/source/Herv%C3%A9_(composer)), first performed at the [Théâtre des Variétés](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s) on 3 December 1879. * 1881: ''[La Roussotte](/source/La_Roussotte)'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts and a prologue, music by Lecocq, Hervé, etc. * 1883: ''[Mam'zelle Nitouche](/source/Mam'zelle_Nitouche)'', with [Henri Meilhac](/source/Henri_Meilhac), music by Hervé * 1886: ''Egmont'', drame-lyrique in four acts, with [Albert Wolff](/source/Albert_Wolff_(journalist)), music by [Gaston Salvayre](/source/Gaston_Salvayre) === Literature=== * 1865: ''Fantaisies de jeunesse'' - Librairie du ''Petit Journal'' * 1866: ''Physiologies parisiennes'' under the pseudonym « La Bruyère ». 120 dessins de [Caran d'Ache](/source/Caran_d'Ache) * 1869-1872: ''Petite Némésis'' * 1873: ''Voyage d’un fantaisiste : Vienne, le Danube, Constantinople'' * 1876: ''Lettres du Baron Grimm : Souvenirs, Historiettes et Anecdotes parlementaires'' * 1878: ''Les Petites Comédies de la politique'' * ''La Comédie du jour sous la république athénienne'' - Illustrations de Caran d’Ache. * ''Croquis parlementaire'' == References == {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Millaud, Albert}} Category:19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Category:19th-century French journalists Category:French opera librettists Category:1844 births Category:1892 deaths Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour Category:Le Figaro people Category:French recipients of the Legion of Honour --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Albert Millaud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Millaud) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Millaud?action=history)). 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