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Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil

1734 – 1801

French playwright

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Lived 1734 – 1801 (aged 66). Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil was a French playwright, poet and librettist.

Alphonse du Congé (or Ducongé) Dubreuil (; 19 June 1734 – 22 February 1801) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright.

In 1777, he wrote an opera libretto on the theme of Iphigénie en Tauride, which he proposed to Christoph Willibald Gluck but the text was eventually set in music by Niccolò Piccinni.

Works 1776: La Pucelle de Paris, poème en douze chants 1781: Iphigénie en Tauride, opera, music by Niccolò Piccinni, premiered at Academy Royale de musique 23 January 1790: L'Amant travesti ou les Muletiers, two-act opéra bouffon, after Jean de La Fontaine, music by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, premiered in Paris, Théâtre de Monsieur, 2 November 1794: Paul et Virginie ou le Triomphe de la vertu, three-act drame lyrique, after Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, music by Jean-François Lesueur, premiere at Academy Royale de musique 13 January

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Alphonse du Conge Dubreuil, Dubreuil

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Who was Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil?

French playwright (1734-1801)

When was Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil born?

Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil was born on 19 June 1734 in Paris.

When did Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil die?

Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil died on 22 February 1801 in former 7th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil's occupation?

Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil was a playwright, poet and librettist.

What nationality was Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil?

Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil was French.

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· Wikipedia: Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil

· Wikidata: Q2840033

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