Carré, Michel-Florentin (21 October 1822, Besançon; 27 June 1872, Paris), librettist, came to Paris in 1840 to study painting and to write poetry incidentally, but he became involved in the musical theatre by collaborating with Jules Barbier on the writing of librettos. He was likewise responsible for countless vaudevilles and comedies of no enduring value. He and Barbier did the poems for four compositions billed at the Opéra-Comique during the first decade of their partnership: Galatée…