Jules Noriac
Jules Noriac's grave on the Cimetière de Montmartre
Claude Antoine Jules Cairon called Jules Noriac (born April 24, 1827 in Limoges , † October 1, 1882 in Paris ) was a French writer and librettist.
Noriac began his writing career as a columnist for the newspaper Le Figaro and later published various newspapers himself. He became known in 1860 with the humoresques Le cent-unième régiment and La bêtise humaine .
From 1862 to 1870 Noriac directed the Théâtre des Variétés and the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens . During this time he wrote the posse La boîte au lait with Eugène Grangé , which was later set to music by Jacques Offenbach . He was also the author of the operetta libretti Le timbale d'argent (set to music by Léon Vasseur ) and Pierrette et Jacquot (set to music by Offenbach).
Works
- Le cent-unième régiment , Humoresque, 1859
- La bêtise humaine , Humoresque, 1860
- Le grain de sable , 1861
- Les mémoires d'un baiser , 1863
- La dame à la plume noire , 1863
- Le journal d'un flâneur , 1865
- Le capitaine Sauvage , 1866
- La maison verte (4 volumes), 1876
- La grande veuve , 1876
- La boîte au lait , posse
- Le timbale d'argent , operetta libretto
- Pierrette et Jacquot , operetta libretto
literature
- Gustave Vapereau : Dictionnaire universel des contemporains , Hachette , Paris, 1880, pp. 1370f., Digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noriac, Jules |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cairon, Claude Antoine Jules (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limoges |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1882 |
| Place of death | Paris |