Burat de Gurgy, Edmond
(1809–1840)> LIBRETTIST
Burat de Gurgy, Edmond (1809, Le Gers; 5 March 1840, Paris), librettist, left home to seek his fortune in Paris after the publication of two novels, La Prima Donna et le garçon boucher (1831) and Le Lit de camp (1832). He completed a third novel entitled Paillasse (1834) in the capital and collaborated on the composition of several comedies including Le Fils de Figaro (1835) and Deux Filles de l’air (1840). He did his only piece for the Opéra with Adolphe Nourrit , Le Diable boiteux of 1836…