Louis de Gramont

Louis de Gramont

Louis Ferdinand de Gramont (born August 6, 1854 in Sèvres , † December 9, 1912 in Paris ) was a French journalist , playwright and librettist .

Gramond studied after school attendance law . He then worked as a journalist for magazines such as Radical , L'Éclair , La Presse , Petit bleu , L'Aurore and La Cocarde . From 1890 he was editor of L'Intransigeant . He has also written theater and music reviews for La Lune rousse and La Petite lune .

Some of his dramas were premiered at the Odéon and the Théâtre-Libre . In addition to Jules Massenet , Camille Erlanger and Xavier Leroux composed operas based on his libretti.

Works

• L'orage , comedy, 1874
• Othello , drama based on William Shakespeare , premiered in 1882
• Rolande , Drama, 1888
• Loulou , 1888
• Esclarmonde , Opera (with Alfred Blau , music by Jules Massenet), premier 1889
• Lucienne , drama, 1890
• La locataire de Mme Biou , 1891
• Simone , Drama, WP 1892
• Évangéline , opera (with G. Hartmann and A.Alexandre, music by Xavier Leroux), premier 1895
• Vénus et Adonis , Opera (music by Xavier Leroux), WP 1897
• Astarté , opera (music by Xavier Leroux), WP 1901
• Aphrodite , opera (based on Pierre Louÿs , music by Camille Erlanger), WP 1906
• William Ratcliff , Opera (after Heinrich Heine , music by Xavier Leroux), world premiere 1906
• Jules César , drama after William Shakespeare, 1906
• Hannele Mattern. Rêve lyrique in 5 acts (1911; together with Jean Thorel; after Hanneles Himmelfahrt by Gerhart Hauptmann ). Music: Camille Erlanger . Premiere January 28, 1950 Strasbourg ( Opera House )