Alfred Blau (born Blois, 29 May 1827, died Brussels, 23 February 1896) was a French dramatist and opera librettist.
[2] He had trained in law and taken on a few cases but went to Paris aged 22 and soon became a part of the group of Murger, Schanne and Champfleury.
[3] In addition to the libretti listed below, in late 1887 he was in discussions with Emmanuel Chabrier for a libretto on the subject of The Tempest by Shakespeare, but the project came to nothing.
[4] Blau was a member of the Académie of Blois (despite believing such institutions to be redundant), and was nominated chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1894, two years before his death in Brussels.
[2] Le Chanteur florentin with Édouard Blau, (1866)[1] Sigurd with Camille du Locle (1884)[1] Esclarmonde with Louis de Gramont (1889)[1] This article about a French dramatist or playwright is a stub.