Lockroy

Lockroy, actually Joseph -Philippe Simon ( born February 17, 1803 in Turin, † 19 January 1891 in Paris ) was a French librettist and actor. Later he became a member of the Comédie - Française, where he was considered one of the outstanding actor and 1848 worked as administrateur général.

Since 1840, he emerged as a writer of comedies, vaudeville and opera libretti. His son was the politician Édouard Lockroy.

Works

  • Catherine II ( 1831)
  • Le Maître d' école (1841 )
  • Bonsoir M. Pantalon, comic opera ( music by Albert Grisar, UA 1851)
  • Le chien du jarninier comic opera ( music by Albert Grisar, UA 1855)
  • Les Dragons de Villars, comic opera ( with Eugène Cormon (Pierre Etienne Piestre ), set to music by Louis Aimé Maillart, UA 1856)
  • La Reine Topaze, comic opera (Henri Battu, set to music by Victor Massé, UA 1856)
  • Ondine (1863 )
  • Passé Minuit, vaudeville in one act ( with Auguste Anicet -Bourgeois, set to music by Louis Deffes, UA 1864)
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