Gaston Arman de Caillavet
Gaston Arman de Caillavet ( born March 15, 1870 in Paris, † January 15, 1915 in Essendiéras ) was a French dramatist and librettist.
The son of Léontine Lippmann, which maintained an important Paris Salon and was known as a muse of Anatole France, began his writing career as director of a small revue theater on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. After 1900 he emerged as co-authored by Robert de Flers, with whom he wrote many librettos, comedy and vaudeville. Several of her pieces were also filmed. He was friends with Marcel Proust.
Works
- Les Travaux d' Hercule, 1891
- Le Sire de Vergy ( opera set to music by Claude Terrasse ), 1903
- Les Sentiers de la Vertu, 1904
- Miquette et sa mère, 1906
- Pâris ou le Bon Juge, 1906
- Fortunio, opera Le Chandelier by Alfred de Musset (music by André Messager ), UA 1907
- Le Roi, UA 1908
- Le Bois Sacré, 1910
- Prime Rose, 1911
- La Vendetta, lyrical drama (music by Jean Nougués ), UA 1911
- L'Habit Vert, UA 1912
- Monsieur Brotonneau, 1914
- Les Merveilleuses, 1914
- Ma Tante d' Honfleur, 1914
- Béatrice, opera by Charles Nodier (music by André Messager ), UA 1914
- Cydalise et le chèvre -pied ( ballet, music by Gabriel Pierné ), UA 1923, choreographed by Léo State
- Le Jardin du Paradis opera based on Hans Christian Andersen (music by Alfred Bruneau ), UA 1923