Baillot, Denis

Baillot, Denis (?; ?), librettist, has left no trace of the circumstances surrounding his birth and death, but he is remembered for having contributed to the unfortunate libretto created for the French premiere of Mozart’s Don Juan in Paris on 17 September 1805. It is known that he served as conservator at the Versailles library, where he was a member of the staff for a score of years. He lost this position in 1818 after the return of the Bourbons to the throne of France because he had defended…