Louis Payen
French librettist
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| Intro | French librettist | ||
| Places | France | ||
| was | Librettist Poet Writer Playwright | ||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature Music | ||
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| Birth | 13 December 1875, Bagard, France | ||
| Death | July 1927Épinay, France (aged 51 years) | ||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||
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Biography
Louis Payen, real name Albert Liénard, (1875 in Alès – 1927 in Épinay) was a French librettist. He was secretary general of the Comédie-Française.
He wrote several librettos for Massenet, Kunc etc.
Works
- 1908: La Victoire à Orange. Revival at the Arènes de Nîmes in 1911
- 1911: Les Esclaves, three-act tragedy, created at the Théâtre des Arènes in Béziers, 27–29 August 1911, music by Aymé Kunc,
- 1912: La monnaie de singe, four-act comedy (cowritten with Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
- Cléopâtre, four acts, music by Jules Massenet. Premiered posthumously in 1914.
- La Femme nue, drame lyrique in four acts, after the play by Henry Bataille, music by Henry Février