- Pierre Perrin
Pierre Perrin (?
1620 ,Lyon -April 24 ,1675 ,Paris ) was a Frenchpoet andlibrettist .Sometimes known as L'Abbé Perrin although he never belonged to the clergy. He founded the
Académie Royale de Musique , which was to eventually become theOpéra de Paris .He worked with
Robert Cambert , creating with him "La Pastorale d'Issy" in 1659, and withJean-Baptiste Boësset , creating "La Mort d'Adonis", in 1662. With Cambert, he also created "Pomone", which inaugurated the opening of the first "salle de l'Opéra" in 1671, of which he had obtained the privilege from KingLouis XIV . He also presented there his "Les peines et les plasirs de l'amour".A poor administrator and the victim of dishonest collaborators, Perrin was imprisonned for debts and had to sell his privilege to
Jean-Baptiste Lully . He died in poverty.His verses are now considered mediocre, but his name remains associated with the birth of opera as an art form in France.
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* "Le guide de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique", R.Mancini & J.J.Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986), ISBN 2-213-01563
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