Henri Trianon [SEP] occupation
Henri Trianon
Henri Trianon (11 July 1811 in Paris – 17 October 1896 in Paris) was a French critic, librettist and translator of works by Homer and Plato, and operas by Weber and Mozart into French. He was an artistic and literary critic in Paris who eventually became teacher. In 1842 he became under-librarian and then librarian at Sainte Geneviève in 1849. From 1857-59 Trianon was associated with Nestor Roqueplan in the administration of the Opéra-Comique.
He also wrote the libretto to the ballet
1840), statue, plaster, Versailles, Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
- "Death of Orestes" (1840), drawing, brown lead, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques
- "Portrait of Henri LXI, prince de Reuss-Chlietz, Général de Brigade in the service of France (1784 - 1813)" (1841), bust, plaster, Versailles, Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
- "General Desaix" (1848), bronze, Clermont-Ferrand