WRITER

Jules Barbier

1825 - 1901

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Paul Jules Barbier (8 March 1825 – 16 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jules Barbier has received more than 55,856 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Barbier is the 3,230th most popular writer (up from 3,612th in 2019), the 3,355th most popular biography from France (up from 3,508th in 2019) and the 419th most popular French Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

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Notable Works

Dinorah, ossia, Il pellegrinaggio a Ploermel
Operas, Librettos
Jeanne d'Arc
Drama
Roméo Et Juliette
Jeanne d'Arc
Faust
Faust
Operas, Librettos
Contains much loved musical highlights including the memorable, Soldiers₂ Chorus; M̌phistophľ̈s₂ rowdy, Song of the Golden Calf and Marguerite₂s, Jewel Song with its dazzling coloratura.
Jeanne d'Arc
Drama
Dinorah, ossia, Il pellegrinaggio a Ploermel
Operas, Librettos
Roméo Et Juliette
Faust
Faust
Operas, Librettos
Contains much loved musical highlights including the memorable, Soldiers₂ Chorus; M̌phistophľ̈s₂ rowdy, Song of the Golden Calf and Marguerite₂s, Jewel Song with its dazzling coloratura.
Jeanne d'Arc

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jules Barbier ranks 3,230 out of 7,302Before him are Etgar Keret, Luo Yixiu, Kader Abdolah, Antonio Beccadelli, Gaito Gazdanov, and Claudius Salmasius. After him are Evgeny Schwartz, John VIII of Constantinople, Arnold Bennett, Giosafat Barbaro, Kálmán Mikszáth, and Mickey Spillane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Jules Barbier ranks 46Before him are Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Benedetto Cairoli, Karl Möbius, Giovanni Fattori, Jean-Baptiste Arban, and Đuro Daničić. After him are Ferdinand von Mueller, Bernardo Guimarães, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Rafael Núñez, Aníbal Pinto, and Mårten Eskil Winge. Among people deceased in 1901, Jules Barbier ranks 48Before him are John Kemp Starley, Aleksander Gierymski, Prince Henri of Orléans, Cornelius Gurlitt, Jacob Georg Agardh, and Johannes Schmidt. After him are Wojciech Gerson, Ghevont Alishan, Alexander Kovalevsky, Herman Grimm, Arvid Posse, and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Barbier ranks 3,355 out of 6,770Before him are Nasreddine Dinet (1861), Amalberga of Maubeuge (601), Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine (995), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), and Claudius Salmasius (1588). After him are André Marie (1897), Émile Fayolle (1852), Antoine Caron (1521), Bernard Desclot (1201), Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877), and Wolfgang Capito (1478).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jules Barbier ranks 419Before him are Casimir Delavigne (1793), Antoine de la Sale (1388), José Giovanni (1923), Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), and Claudius Salmasius (1588). After him are Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), Jules Vallès (1832), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Jacques Delille (1738), William of Jumièges (1000), and Maurice de Guérin (1810).