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Paul Burani
Paul Burani (real name: Urbain Roucoux) (Paris, 26 March 1845 – Paris, 9 October 1901), was a French author, actor, songwriter and librettist.
He had a short career as an actor at the Théâtre de Belleville and in the French provinces, after which he directed a journal, Le Café-Concert. At the commencement of his career as a songwriter he used the name Burani, an anagram of his first name.
Works.
He collaborated on libretti for
L'Assommoir pour rire", vaudeville
- 1880: "Théâtre de famille", operetta with Gustave Nadaud, with Eugène Verconsin
- 1880: "Les Deux chambres", operetta
- 1881: "Madame Grégoire", operetta, with Paul Burani
- 1883: "L'Heure du berger", vaudeville
- 1883: "Le Réveil de Vénus", comedy, with Paul Burani, with Henri Cermoise
- 1883: "Les Parisiens en province", comedy with Hippolyte Raymond
- 1885: "