Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère

Charles -Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère (* 1714 in Crépy -en- Valois, † September 18, 1754 in Rome) was a French author and historian dramas. He is best known as the author of the libretto for tragédie lyrique Dardanus by Jean -Philippe Rameau. It combines elements of mythological epics with the Italian Renaissance.

Biography

Together with Louis Fuzelier ( the librettists Rameau ) he was from November 1744 to June 1748 by royal patent director of the magazine Mercure de France. In 1749 he went as Secretary of the Duke of Nivernais to Rome.

Works

• Les Mécontents, Circus Comedy, Act 1, Paris, December 1, 1734
• Les Voyages de l' Amour, ballet in 4 acts, Paris, Royal Academy of Music, May 3, 1736
• Dardanus, tragédie lyrique in five acts and a prologue, music of Jean -Philippe Rameau, Paris, Royal Academy of Music, November 19, 1739
• La Convalescence du Roi, poem, 1744
• Histoire du règne de Charlemagne, 1745
• Erigone, ballet in one act, music by Mondo Ville, Versailles, March 21, 1748
• Le Prince de Noisy, heroic ballet in 3 acts, music by François Rebel and François Francœur, Versailles, March 13, 1749
• La Coquette fixéee, Circus Comedy in 3 acts with Louis -Jules Mancini - Mazarini and Claude -Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, Paris, March 10, 1746
• Les Fêtes de Paphos, heroic ballet, Paris, Royal Academy of Music, May 9, 1758
• Linus, tragédie lyrique in 5 acts, music by Pierre -Montan Berton, Antoine Dauvergne and Jean -Claude Trial, 1769