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Antoine Danchet
Antoine Danchet (7 September 1671 – 21 February 1748) was a French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet.
Biography.
Danchet was born in Riom, in the Auvergne, France. Having been a professor of rhetoric at Chartres and then a tutor at Paris, Danchet gave
up teaching to write for the theatre. He wrote some opera libretti which, set to music by André Campra, met with success. By contrast, his tragedies, mediocre imitations of Racine, almost all failed. He
creative works.
- "Arlequin gentilhomme malgré lui ou L'Amant supposé," opéra comique (1716 Paris)
- "Arlequin Hulla ou La Femme répudiée," opéra comique (1716 Paris)
- "Les Animaux raisonnables" (Louis Fuzelier/Marc-Antoine Legrand), opéra comique (1718 Paris)
- "Diane" (Antoine Danchet), divertissement (1721 Chantilly)
- "Le Regiment de la calotte" (Fuzelier/LeSage/d'Orneval), opéra comique (1721 Paris)