Émilien Pacini (17 November 1811 in Paris – 23 November 1898 in

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) was a 19th-century French

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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

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, he wrote the lyrics of the cantata composed by the latter for the

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in Paris.

Works

He wrote the following librettos: *1837: '' Stradella'', opera, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by Louis Niedermeyer,

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, 3 March *1840: ''Loyse de Montfort'', cantata, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by François Bazin, Garnier, 7 October *1841: French version of ''

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'', music by

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, récitatifs by

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, Garnier, 7 June *1850: ''Les Deux princesses'',

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, 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

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(

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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, Garnier, 9 March *1862: ''Erostrate'', opéra, en collaboration avec Joseph Méry, music by Ernest Reyer ( Bade, 21 August ; Garnier, 16 October 1871

Bibliography

* Joël-Marie Fauquet (direction) (préf. Joël-Marie Fauquet), ''Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au XIXe siècle'', Paris,

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, 2003, 1405 p. (), (p., 927)

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Émilien Pacini
on artlyriquefr {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacini, Emilien 1811 births Writers from Paris French opera librettists Knights of the Legion of Honour 1898 deaths 19th-century French writers 19th-century French male writers French people of Italian descent