Saintonge, Louise-Geneviève Gillot

Saintonge, Louise-Geneviève Gillot (1650, Paris; 24 March 1718, Paris), librettist, was a daughter of Mme Gillot de Beaucour and the wife of a lawyer named Saintonge or Sainctonge. Nothing is known of her life except these sparse details and her bibliography that includes the librettos for two works staged at the Royal Academy of Music, Didon and Circé. Mme Saintonge created a ballet entitled Le Charme des saisons, but it could not be billed at the Palais-Royal because the abbé Pic had already…