Eugène Scribe
Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of many of the most successful grand operas and opéras-comiques.Born to a middle-class Parisian family, Scribe was intended for a legal career, but was drawn to the theatre, and began writing plays while still in his teens. His early years as a playwright were unsuccessful, but from 1815 onwards he prospered. Writing, usually with one or more collaborators, he produced several hundred stage works. He wrote to entertain the public rather than educate it. Many of his plays were written in a formulaic manner which aimed at neatness of plot and focus on dramatic incident rather than naturalism, depth of characterisation or intellectual substance. For this he was much criticised by intellectuals, but the "well-made play" remained established in the theatre in France and elsewhere long after his death.
In 1813 Scribe wrote his first opera libretto. From 1822 until his death he was closely associated with the composer Daniel Auber for whom he wrote or co-wrote 39 librettos, among them that for the first French grand opera, ''La Muette de Portici'' (1828). His second most frequent musical partner was Giacomo Meyerbeer, who took grand opera further and made it a dominant feature of French musical life. Among the other composers with whom Scribe worked were Adolphe Adam, Adrien Boieldieu, Gaetano Donizetti, Fromental Halévy, Jacques Offenbach and Giuseppe Verdi.
Scribe's librettos are still performed in opera houses around the world, and although few of his non-musical plays have been revived frequently in the 20th or 21st centuries, his influence on subsequent generations of playwrights in France and elsewhere was profound and lasting. Provided by Wikipedia
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261by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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262by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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263by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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264by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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266by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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268by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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269by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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271by Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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272by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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273by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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275by Rochefort, M.Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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277by Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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278by Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871Other Authors: “...Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861...”
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