- Louis-Benoît Picard
Louis-Benoît Picard (
29 July 1769 ,Paris -31 December 1828 , Paris) was a French playwrightAfter having begun to study law, he first became an actor before producing his first play, "Le Badinage dangereux", in 1789.
He was the director of the Odéon then the Académie impériale (then royale) de musique (1807-1816), his troupe having been merged with that of the Comédiens-Italiens. He was elected a member of the
Académie française in 1807. He again directed the Odéon from 1816 to 1821.Works
He wrote several pieces, nearly 100 according to certain sources, including:
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k761949 "Les Visitandines"] (put on at theThéâtre Feydeau on 7 August 1792, with music byFrançois Devienne )
* "Médiocre et rampant" (1797)
* "Le Collatéral" (1799)
* "Les Provinciaux à Paris" (1801)
* "Le Contrat d'union" (1801)
* "La Petite Ville" (1801)External links
* [http://cesar.org.uk/cesar2/people/people.php?fct=edit&person_UOID=100523 His works and productions] on [http://cesar.org.uk CÉSAR]
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/catalog.php?Mod=i&Titre=&FondsTout=on&FondsTxt=on&FondsImp=on&FondsPer=on&Fonds
]Source
*Jean Gourret, " [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence:Ces_hommes_qui_ont_fait_l%27Op%C3%A9ra Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra] ", 1984, p. 106-107.
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