Nicolas-François Guillard

Nicolas-François Guillard is a French librettist born with Chartres the January 16th 1752 and died in Paris the December 26th 1814.

In 1776, Guillard took part in the collection entitled Journée of the Love, or Hours of Cythère at the sides of the countess of Turpin de Crissé, Charles-Simon Favart and Claude-Henri de Fusée of Voisenon then, the following year, with the rotted Pot, New Year's gifts with the men of letters with Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville.

Guillard is the author of several booklets of operas put in music by Gluck, Sacchini, Lesueur in particular. Its works are generally written carefully.

Works

Iphigénie in Tauride , opera in 4 acts, music of Christoph Willibald Gluck, represented for the first time at the royal Academy of music on May 18th 1779
Emilie or the Beautiful Slave , comic opera into 1 act, music of Andre Grétry, represented for the first time at the royal Academy of music on February 22nd 1781
Electra , opera in 3 acts, music of Jean-Baptiste Moyne, represented for the first time at the royal Academy of music on July 2nd 1782
Chimène or Cid , opera in 3 acts, music of Antonio Sacchini, represented for the first time at Fontainebleau, 1783
Dardanus , tragedy in 3 acts, according to Charles-Antoine Leclerc of Bruère, music of Antonio Sacchini, represented for the first time at Trianon, Versailles, September 18th 1784
Horaces , tragedy-lyric in 3 acts interfered interludes, music of Antonio Salieri, represented for the first time at Fontainebleau on November 2nd 1786
Oedipus in Colone , opera in 3 acts, music of Antonio Sacchini, represented for the first time at Versailles on January 4th 1786
Arvire and Evélina , lyric tragedy in 3 acts, music of Antonio Sacchini, represented for the first time at the royal Academy of music on April 29th 1788
Louis IX in Egypt , opera in 3 acts, with François Andrieux, music of Jean-Baptiste Moyne, represented for the first time at the royal Academy of music on June 15th 1790
Elfride , heroic drama in 3 acts, music of Jean-Baptiste Moyne, represented for the first time at the Op3era Comique on December 17th 1792
Miltiade in Marathon , opera in 2 acts, represented with the Opera of Paris the 15 brumaire year II (November 5th 1793)
Proserpine , tragedy lyric in 3 acts, according to the booklet of Philippe Quinault, music of Giovanni Paisiello, represented with the Opera of Paris 8 germinal year II (1794)
Olimpie , lyric tragedy in 3 acts, music of Christian Kalkbrenner, represented with the Theater of the Republic and arts in Paris the 18 frimaire year VII (December 18th 1798)
the Helmet and the doves , opera ballet in an act, music of Andre Grétry, represented for the first time at the Opera of Paris on November 7th 1801
the Death of Adam , religious lyric tragedy, music of Jean-François Lesueur, 1809

External bond

Its works and their representations on site CÉSAR

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