Eugène Mestépès


Eugène Gaston Mestépès was a 19th-century French librettist, playwright and theatre director.

Biography

Mestépès was essentially a librettist of operettas and opéras comiques. His plays were presented mainly at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, the Théâtre-Lyrique and the Fantaisies-Parisiennes.
However, he worked on two great dramas: Christophe Colomb and Le Coup de Jarnac.
Secretary of the Bouffes-Parisiens during the installation passage Choiseul, he ended up being associated with François Varcollier for the exploitation of the theater after the departure of Jacques Offenbach. He was general dramaturge of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique when he died.

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