Guichard, Henri
> LIBRETTIST
Guichard, Henri (?; ?), librettist, appeared on the scene for the first time about 1670, when he became active at Court as superintendent of buildings for the duke d’Orléans, and his Les Amours de Diane et d’Endymion (1671) was given at Versailles. He took a special interest in musical affairs during the reign of Louis XIV because he held the license to give operas for a short time and because he and Lully were involved in the latter’s effort to win the monopoly to establish a musical theatre…