Paul Ferrier

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A rehearsal at the Opéra-Comique (Paul Ferrier in the background)

Paul Ferrier (born March 29, 1843 in Montpellier , † Nouan-le-Fuzelier September 11, 1928 ) was a French librettist and playwright .

biography

After studying law in Aix-en-Provence , he enrolled in the faculty in his hometown. He made his theater debut in 1868, at the age of 25, with the play La Revanche d´Isis .

Ferrier only became known in 1873 with the pieces Chez l'avocat and Les Incendies de Massoulard . His greatest success as a playwright was the Vaudeville L'Art de tromper les femmes (1890), which he had written together with Émile de Najac .

Ferrier was very committed to professional politics. He was president of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques and honorary president after his professional retirement

While his plays are largely forgotten, Ferrier has survived as a librettist. He has written libretti for operettas by Gaston Serpette , Charles Lecocq , Louis Varney , André Messager , Gabriel Pierné , Victor Roger , Jacques Offenbach and others. Ferrier was also the author of the French versions of Puccini's Madame Butterfly and other operas.

The writer Jeanne Paul-Ferrier was his daughter.

Awards

Works

Plays

  • Chez l'avocat , 1873
  • Les Incendies de Massoulard , 1873
  • Les Compensations , 1876
  • L'art de tromper les femmes , 1890

Libretti

  • G. Serpette: La petite muette , 1877
  • J. Offenbach: La Marocaine , 1879
  • L. Varney: Les Mousquetaires au couvent , 1880
  • L. Varney: Fanfan la tulipe (with Jules Prével ), 1882
  • L. Varney: Babolin (with Jules Prével), 1884
  • L. Varney: Les petits mousquetaires (with Jules Prével), 1885
  • AC Lecocq: La vie mondaine , 1885
  • V. Roger: Josephine vendue par ses sours , 1886
  • L. Varney: Dix jours aux Pyrénées , 1887
  • L. Varney: La Vénus d'Arles (with Armand Liorat ), 1889
  • L. Varney: La fée aux chèvres (with Albert Vanloo ), 1890
  • G. Serpette: Cendrillonnette , 1890
  • G. Serpette: Mé-ne-ka , 1892
  • L. Varney: Miss Robinson , 1892
  • G. Serpette: La dot de Brigitte , 1895
  • G. Serpette: Le carnet du Diable (with Ernest Blum ), 1895
  • G. Serpette: Le capitole (with Charles Clairville ), 1895
  • G. Serpette: Le royaume des femmes (with Ernest Blum), 1896
  • G. Serpette: Le carillon , (with Ernest Blum), 1896
  • A. Messager: Le Chevalier d'Harmental (after Alexandre Dumas ), 1896
  • G. Pierné: La Fille de Tabarin (with Victorien Sardou ), 1901

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Société archéologique, scientifique et littéraire , digitized version , page 106, accessed on August 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Bulletin de l'Association des journalistes parisiens , digitized , pages 84 and 89, accessed on August 6, 2016
  3. ↑ Annuaire de la Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques , digitized , page 449, accessed on August 6, 2016
  4. ↑ L´Art Lyrique Français on artlyriquefr.fr/ , accessed on August 12, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Ferrier, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French librettist and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpellier
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1928
Place of death Nouan-le-Fuzelier