Michel-Jean Sedaine
Michel-Jean Sedaine (born June 2, 1719 in Paris , † May 17, 1797 ibid) was a French stage poet .
Live and act
His parents were Jean Sedaine (* approx. 1650), master bricklayer and architect, and Jeanne nee Petitpas. Michael-Jean had an older brother and six sisters. He too worked as a bricklayer until he caught the attention of his employer, a builder . He accepted him among his students and later even entrusted him with the education of his grandson, the famous painter Jacques-Louis David . After a few smaller poetic attempts such as Épître à mon habit , which he published in two collections in 1752 and 1760, he began to write libretti for the Opéra-comique .
Of his texts, for which François-André Danican Philidor , Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny and André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry composed the music, the following are particularly well-known: Le diable à quatre, Le roi et le fermier, Rose et Colas, Aucassin et Nicolette , Richard Cœur de Lion, Aline, reine de Golconde and Guillaume Tell.
Important are his two comedies that are in the repertoire of Théâtre français received and him a seat in the French Academy ( seat 7 enlisted): Le philosophe sans le savoir (1765) and La gageure Imprévue (1768). His oeuvres choisies were published repeatedly.
Sedaine at the desk, 1749 ( Gabriel de Saint-Aubin ).
Sedaine shared the views of his friend Denis Diderot on the drama .
Works (selection)
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Plays
- L'impromptu de Thalie ou La lunette de vérité, comedy in one act, 1752
- Anacréon , Pastorale in one act, 1754
- Le diable à quatre ou La double métamorphose, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by François-André Danican Philidor , first performance at the Foire Saint-Laurent, August 19, 1756 ( online )
- Blaise le savetier, Opéra-comique in one act, music by François-André Danican Philidor , first performance at the Foire Saint-Germain, March 9, 1759 ( online )
- L'huître et les plaideurs ou Le tribunal de la chicane, Opéra-comique in one act, music by François-André Danican Philidor, first performance at the Foire Saint-Laurent, September 17, 1759
- Les troqueurs dupés, opera comique in one act, music by Charles Sodi, first performance at the Foire Saint-Germain, March 6, 1760
- Le jardinier et son seigneur, Opéra-comique in one act, music by François-André Danican Philidor, first performance at the Foire Saint-Germain, February 18, 1761
- Les bons compères ou Les bons amis, Opéra-comique in one act, music by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde, first performance at the Foire Saint-Germain, March 5, 1761
- On ne s'avise jamais de tout, Opéra-comique in one act, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny , first performance at the Foire Saint-Laurent, September 14, 1761
- Le roi et le fermier , Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne , November 22, 1762
- L'ouvrage du cœur, Opéra-comique in one act, first performance at the Théâtre de Nicolet, 1763
- L'anneau perdu et retrouvé, Opéra-comique in two acts, music by Louis-Claude-Armand Chardin and Jean-Benjamin de Laborde, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, August 20, 1764
- Rose et Colas, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, March 8, 1764 ( online )
- Le philosophe sans le savoir, comedy in five acts, first performed at the Théâtre de la rue des Fossés Saint-Germain, December 2, 1765
- Aline, reine de Golconde, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance in the Salle des Machines, April 10, 1766 ( online )
- Philémon et Baucis, opera in one act, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance in Bagnolet with the Duke of Orléans , 1766
- La gageure imprévue, comedy in one act, first performed at the Théâtre de la rue des Fossés Saint-Germain, May 27, 1768
- Les sabots, opera-comique in one act, music by Egidio Romualdo Duni , first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, October 26, 1768
- Le déserteur (based on Louis-Sébastien Mercier ), Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, 6 March 1769 online
- Thémire, pastorale in one act, music by Egidio Romualdo Duni, first performance in Fontainebleau , October 20, 1770
- Le mort marié, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Francesco Bianchi, first performance in Metz , 1771
- Le faucon, Opéra-comique in one act, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance in Fontainebleau, November 2, 1771
- Le Magnifique, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry , first performance in Versailles , March 19, 1773
- Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège, Opéra-comique in five acts, music by François-André Danican Philidor, first performance in Versailles, December 11, 1773
- Les femmes vengées ou les feintes infidélités, Opéra-comique in one act, music by François-André Philidor, premiere in the City Hall of Toulouse , 1775
- Félix ou L'enfant trouvé, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, first performance in Fontainebleau, November 10, 1777
- Aucassin et Nicolette ou Les mœurs du bon vieux temps, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance in Versailles, December 30, 1779
- Les journalistes, comedy in five acts, first performed in Tsarskoye Selo , Russia , April 28, 1781
- Maillard ou Paris sauvé, tragedy in five acts. First performance at the Marquise de Montesson , January 1782
- Thalie au nouveau théâtre, prologue, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the opening of the new Comédie-Italienne building, April 28, 1783
- Richard Cœur de Lion, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, October 21, 1784
- Amphitryon, opera in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance in Versailles, March 15, 1786
- Le Comte d'Albert, Opéra-comique in two acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance in Fontainebleau, November 13, 1786
- La Suite du comte d'Albert, opera-comique in one act, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, February 8, 1787
- Raoul Barbe-Bleue , Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, March 2, 1789
- Raymond V, comte de Toulouse ou L'épreuve inutile, comedy in five acts, premiered at the Comédie-Française , September 22, 1789
- Guillaume Tell, Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, April 9, 1791
- Pagamin de Monègue, opéra-comique in one act, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny and Bernardo Porta, first performance at the Théâtre des amis de la patrie, March 1792
- Bazile ou À trompeur, trompeur et demi , Opéra-comique in one act, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, October 17, 1792
- Albert ou Le service récompensé , Opéra-comique in three acts, music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, first performance at the Comédie-Italienne, 9 January 1796
- L'amoureux goutteux, opera-comique in one act, music by Stanislas Champein
- Alcine, opera in three acts
- Protogène, opera in one act
- La Noce de Nicaise, Intermezzo
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various
- Epître à mon habit, 1751
- Poésies fugitives, 1752
- Le Vaudeville, 1758
- Recueil de poésies, 1760
- Bagatelle, 1770
- Discours de réception à l'Académie française, 1786
Web links
Commons : Michel-Jean Sedaine - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Michel-Jean Sedaine in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Michel-Jean Sedaine in the German Digital Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- La France pittoresque about Michel-Jean Sedaine (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sedaine, Michel-Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French stage poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1719 or July 4, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1797 |
| Place of death | Paris |