Eugène de Planard

French playwright (1783-1853)
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench playwright (1783-1853)
PlacesFrance
wasWriter Playwright
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Literature
Gender
Male
Birth4 February 1783, Millau, canton of Millau-Est, arrondissement of Millau, Aveyron
Death13 November 1853Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 70 years)
The details

Biography

Eugène de Planard (full name François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard) (4 February 1783 - 13 November 1853) was an 19th-century French playwright.

Biography

He collaborated with Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Ferdinand Hérold (Le Pré-aux-clercs, 1832), Adolphe Adam (Le Farfadet, 1852), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Michele Enrico Carafa, Jacques-Fromental Halévy (L’Éclair, 1835), George Onslow et Ambroise Thomas (Le Caïd, 1849 ; Le Carnaval de Venise, 1852).

His daughter Eugénie (1818-1874) married the dramatist and librettist Adolphe de Leuven (1802-1884).

Works (selection)

  • 1832 : Le Pré-aux-clercs, opéra comique in three acts after Prosper Mérimée, music by Ferdinand Hérold, Opéra-Comique (15 December)
  • 1835 : L’Éclair, opéra-comique in three acts with Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, music by Jacques-Fromental Halévy, Opéra-Comique (16 December)
  • 1837 : La Double Échelle, opéra comique in one act, music by Ambroise Thomas, Opéra-Comique (23 August)
  • 1837 : Guise ou les États de Blois with Saint-Georges, music by George Onslow, Opéra-Comique (8 September)
  • 1838 : Le Perruquier de la Régence, opéra comique in three acts with Paul Duport, music by Ambroise Thomas, Opéra-Comique (30 March)
  • 1852 : Le Farfadet, opéra comique, music by Adolphe Adam, Opéra-Comique (19 March)

Bibliography

  • Christian Goubault, « François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard » dans Joël-Marie Fauquet (dir.), Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle, Fayard, Paris, 2003 (ISBN 2-213-59316-7)
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