Laujon, Pierre
(1727–1811)> LIBRETTIST
Laujon, Pierre (13 January 1727, Paris; 14 July 1811, Paris), librettist, was distracted from a career as a lawyer by his innate love for the theatre and his friendship with a circle of younger poets in his native Paris. He wrote a successful pastoral entitled Daphnis et Chloé for the Royal Academy of Music in 1747 and then furnished the libretto for Aeglé produced at Versailles the following year; his Sylvie was mounted at Court in 1749. Aeglé was taken to Paris in 1751; Sylvie was offered to…