Brifaut, Charles
(1781–1857)> LIBRETTIST
Brifaut, Charles (15 February 1781, Dijon; 5 June 1857), Paris), librettist, was raised as an orphan by two abbots and went to Paris as soon as possible to embark upon a literary career. He made the acquaintance of the actor Saint-Prix in the capital, and his new friend introduced him to other theatre personalities including the critic Geoffroy . His first composition was the tragedy Jane Gray that Talma read to Napoleon at Fontainebleau, but the emperor found certain passages politically…