Émilien Pacini

Émilien Pacini (17 November 1811 in Paris – 23 November 1898 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a 19th-century French librettist of Italian origin.

He was the son of composer and music publisher Antonio Pacini and Jacqueline Rosier. His sister Eugénie Jeanne Pacini was the mother of Antony Choudens, composer and music publisher. Émilien Pacini worked in the administration of theaters and occupied the functions of theater censor at the Interior Ministry. A friend of Rossini, he wrote the lyrics of the cantata composed by the latter for the International Exposition (1867) in Paris.

Works He wrote the following librettos: 1837: Stradella, opera, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by Louis Niedermeyer, Opéra Garnier, 3 March 1840: Loyse de Montfort, cantata, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by François Bazin, Garnier, 7 October 1841: French version of Der Freischütz, music by Carl Maria von Weber, récitatifs by Hector Berlioz, Garnier, 7 June 1850: Les Deux princesses, opéra comique, music by Wilfrid d'Indy, January 1850: La Rédemption, mystère in 5 parts with prologue and épilogue, with Émile Deschamps, music by Giulio Alary, Théâtre-Italien, 14 April 1854: Cordélia, opera, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by Séméladis, Versailles, April 1856: French version of Il trovatore, by Giuseppe Verdi (la Monnaie in Brussels, 20 May ; Garnier, 12 January 1857) 1859: La Perle de Frascati, opéra comique, music by Amédée de Roubin, Rouen, February 1860: Pierre de Médicis, opera, in collaboration with Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, music by Joseph Poniatowski, Salle Le Peletier, 9 March 1862: Erostrate, opéra, en collaboration avec Joseph Méry, music by Ernest Reyer (Bade, 21 August ; Garnier, 16 October 1871