Louis Payen
Illustration — Louis Payen in 1913 Albert Liénard, known as Louis Payen (1875 – 1927) was a French librettist. He was secretary general of the Comédie-Française. He wrote several librettos for Massenet, Kunc etc.
Louis Payen
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- Full name
- Pierre Albert Paul Liénard.
- Born
- 1875. · Bagard.
- Died
- 1927. · Épinay-sur-Seine.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- librettist, poet and playwright.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officier de l'Instruction publique.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Louis Payen in 1913 Albert Liénard, known as Louis Payen (1875 – 1927) was a French librettist. He was secretary general of the Comédie-Française. He wrote several librettos for Massenet, Kunc etc.
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• 1908: La Victoire à Orange. Revival at the Arènes de Nîmes in 1911 • 1911: Les Esclaves, three-act tragedy, created at the in Béziers, 27–29 August 1911, music by Aymé Kunc, • 1912: La monnaie de singe, four-act comedy (cowritten with Lucie Delarue-Mardrus • Cléopâtre, four acts, music by Jules Massenet. Premiered posthumously in 1914. • La Femme nue, drame lyrique in four acts, after the play by Henry Bataille, music by Henry Février
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