Brunet-Debaines, Pierre-Nicolas
(1733–1771)> LIBRETTIST
Brunet-Debaines, Pierre-Nicolas (1733, Paris; 4 November 1771, Paris), librettist, started his literary career with the publication of La Minorque conquise in 1754. After making his debut in the epic style, he turned to the theatre with a comedy entitled Les Noms changés (1758). This work was moderately successful at the Comédie-Française, and he was encouraged to continue in the theatre, but at the Théâtre-Italien with Les Faux Devins (1758) and La Rentrée des théâtres (1760). He wrote for the…