Ernest Guiraud was a French choreographer, born in 1837 in New Orleans, who died in 1892.
Biography
Ernest Guiraud (French: [ɛʁnɛst ɡiʁo]; 23 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was an American-born French composer and music teacher. He is best known for writing the traditional orchestral recitatives used for Bizet's opera Carmen and for Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann).
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Contemporaries
Armand Silvestre
French poet and conteur (1837-1901)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Charles Nuitter
French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)
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Oscar Poigny
French choreographer
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