Bonneval, Michel de
(†1766)> LIBRETTIST
Bonneval, Michel de (?, Le Mans; 1766, Paris), librettist, was an administrator of the Menus-Plaisirs and one of the authors who contributed to the composition of Les Caractères de l’amour Not much is known about his life, although he wrote librettos for an appreciable number of operas. His initial contribution to the Palais-Royal was the successful heroic ballet Les Romans of 1736. Encouraged, he went on to do the words for Les Amours du printemps planned as a new entrée for Les Caractères de…