Jean Nicolas Bouilly
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (born January 23 or January 24, 1763 in Joué-lès-Tours , † April 14, 1842 in Paris ) was a French playwright, librettist and politician during the French Revolution . He is known for his libretto Leonore , which became the basis of Beethoven's opera Fidelio .
Life
Bouilly studied law at the University of Orléans and was initially a lawyer at the Parlement of Paris . When it was moved to Troyes in 1787 , he left it and devoted himself more and more to literature - encouraged by Mirabeau . During the great revolution he was able to maintain himself under the new rulers and held various administrative functions in Tours .
Among his numerous works are Pierre le Grand (1790) with the music of André Ernest Modeste Grétry and the opera Les deux journées (1800) with the music of Cherubini .
His Leonore (1798) was initially set to music by Pierre Gaveaux as Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal , then set to music by Simon Mayr as L'amor coniugale and by Ferdinando Paër as Leonora .
In 1795 he became a member of the welfare committee , which was soon dissolved. In 1836/7 he published his three-volume autobiography Mes Récapitulations . Jean-Nicolas Bouilly died on April 14, 1842 at the age of 79 in Paris and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery .
Works
- L'abbé de l'épée . 1800.
- Causeries d'un veillard . 1807.
- Contes à ma fille . 1809.
- Les adieux du vieux conteur . 1835.
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| SURNAME | Bouilly, Jean Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bouilly, Jean-Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1763 or January 24, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Joué-lès-Tours |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1842 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |