Eugène Mestépès

Eugène Gaston Mestépès (1818 in Pau – 15 May 1875 in Paris) was an 19th-century French librettist, playwright and theatre director.

Mestépès was essentially a librettist of operettas and opéras comiques. His plays were presented mainly at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (Le violoneux, Le Roi Boit, Dragonette, Le Duel de Benjamin), the Théâtre-Lyrique (La Demoiselle d’honneur, Maître Griffard, Ondine) and the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (Les Deux Arlequins).

However, he worked on two great dramas: Christophe Colomb (1861) and Le Coup de Jarnac (1866).

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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