Roy, Pierre-Charles

Roy, Pierre-Charles (1683, Paris; 23 October 1764, Paris), librettist, was not interested as a youth in pursuing a legal career, although his father had purchased for him a position as a lawyer at the Châtelet. He turned to writing instead of law, and he submitted entries in the poetry contests held by the French Academy and the Jeux Floraux in addition to preparing librettos for the Royal Academy of Music. He was soon known as “a prodigy of wit” and was only 22 years old at the time of his…