Saint-Foix, Germain-François Poullain de
(1698–1776)> LIBRETTIST
Saint-Foix, Germain-François Poullain de (5 February 1698, Rennes; 25 August 1776, Paris), librettist, finished his studies at the Jesuit school in Rennes before joining the royal musketeers. He frequented the theatre, and legend reports that he wrote his first play, Pandore, (1721) to please an actress. He interrupted his nascent literary career to follow his military unit to Italy at the outbreak of war, and he distinguished himself at the battle of Guastalla in 1734. After he was refused…