Le Franc, Jean-Jacques, marquis de Pompignan
(1709–1784)> LIBRETTIST
Le Franc, Jean-Jacques, marquis de Pompignan (10 August 1709, Montauban; 1 November 1784, Pompignan), librettist, started a career in law but gave up this profession to devote his energy to literature. Abandoning his position as a magistrate in his native city, he came to Paris to submit his Didon to the troupe of the Comédie-Française. These actors produced this work on 21 June 1734, and the success of his first tragedy encouraged Le Franc to write Zaraïde. Voltaire intervened at this moment…