Foussier, Edouard
(1824–1882)> LIBRETTIST
Foussier, Edouard (23 July 1824, Paris; 15 March 1882, Paris), librettist, studied law and became interested in writing after publishing his impressions of a trip he had taken to Italy. He turned almost immediately to the theatre and had a comedy entitled Héraclite et Démocrite (1850) billed at the Comédie-Française, where most of his plays were produced. After three more dramatic compositions entitled Les Jeux innocents (Gymnase, 1850), Une Journée d’Agrippa d’Aubigné (Comédie-Française…