François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud
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François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (8 September 1718, Paris
– 8 November 1805) was a French
writer and dramatist.
's opera Adelson e Salvini
.
Paris
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– 8 November 1805) was a French
France
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writer and dramatist.
Life
A practitioner of the roman noir. His series of novellas Les Épreuves du sentiment inspired BelliniVincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
's opera Adelson e Salvini
Adelson e Salvini
Adelson e Salvini is a three act opera semiseria composed by Vincenzo Bellini from a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola. The opera was based on the 1772 novel Épreuves du Sentiment by François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud, and it draws on a previously performed play by Prospère...
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Works
- Les Amants malheureux, ou le comte de Comminges (1764)
- Les Épreuves du sentiment (1772-80)
- Nouvelles Historique (1774-84)
- Lorimon, ou l'homme tel qu'il est (1803)