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1821 - He was born on the 20th of October.
1840 - He went to Paris intending to become a painter but took up writing instead.
- He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti.
1864 - He wrote the text for Charles Gounod’s Mireille on his own, and collaborated with Eugène Cormon on Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles.
1867 - He wrote the libretti for numerous operas, including Gounod's Roméo et Juliette and Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann.
1872 - He died on the 27th of June.
1840 - He went to Paris intending to become a painter but took up writing instead.
- He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti.
1864 - He wrote the text for Charles Gounod’s Mireille on his own, and collaborated with Eugène Cormon on Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles.
1867 - He wrote the libretti for numerous operas, including Gounod's Roméo et Juliette and Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann.
1872 - He died on the 27th of June.
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