Original: The French writers ' duo Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote a large number of opera and operetta libretti for the likes of Jacques Offenbach , Jules Massenet and Georges Bizet .
Simplified: Two French writers called Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote a large number of opera and operetta libretti for the composers Jacques Offenbach , Jules Massenet and Georges Bizet .