Corneille, Thomas
(1625–1709)> LIBRETTIST
Corneille, Thomas (20 August 1625, Rouen; 8 December 1709, Andelys), librettist, was the younger brother of the famous dramatist Pierre Corneille. He studied at the Jesuit college of Rouen and embarked upon a law career before writing a series of comedies between 1647 and 1655. He turned to tragedy at about the age of 30, and his greatest success in this genre was Timocrate. He did nearly a dozen other tragedies prior to his later custom of alternating between comedy and tragedy. The volume of…