Joseph-Bernard Rosier (18 October 1804 – 12 October 1880) was a 19th-century French

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and librettist.

Biography

He first worked as a solicitor's clerk before becoming a professor of rhetoric ''Annuaire dramatique de la Belgique'', vol.2, 1840, p.25
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/ref> and embarking on a literary career in 1830. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the nineteenth century, including those of the

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, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and Théâtre français.

Works

*1830: ''Le Mendiant Cratès, ou le Rêve et le réveil'' *1830: ''Le mari de ma femme'', comedy in 3 acts *1831: ''Raymond, ou Le secret de la reine'',

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

in 3 acts, with Adolphe de Leuven *1831: ''Le Mariage par dévouement'', comedy in 3 acts, in verses *1833: ''La Mort de Figaro'', drama in 5 acts, in prose *1834: ''Charles IX'', drama in 5 acts *1834: ''La jolie voyageuse ou Les deux Giroux'', anecdote contemporaine in 1 act, with

Achille d'Artois Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 - 2 December 1868) was a French writer, libretist and dramatist. Biography A very prolific librettist, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages during hi ...

and

René de Chazet René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, (23 October 1774 – 23 August 1844) was a French playwright, poet and novelist. Short biography The son of an annuities controller, parent of Mackau, the ambassador ...

*1836: ''Un procès criminel, ou les Femmes impressionnables'', comedy in 3 acts *1836: ''Vieilles et nouvelles histoires'' *1837: ''Maria Padilla'', Spanish chronicle in 3 acts, one

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and one

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*1837: ''Claire, ou la Préférence d'une mère'', drama in 3 acts, in prose *1838: ''Les assurances conjugales'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with chant *1838: ''A trente ans ou Une femme raisonnable'', comedy in 3 acts mingled with

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s, with

Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche (Paris, 1799 – Saint Petersburg, 31 July 1849) was a French violinist and composer, conductor at the Théâtre du Vaudeville from 1828 to 1848. The son of Joseph-Denis Doche, he studied at the Conservatoire de Pari ...

*1839: ''L'Amour'', comedy in 3 acts *1839: ''La Lune rousse'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with songs *1839: ''Le protégé'', comedy in 1 act *1839: ''Le manoir de Montlouvier'', drama in 5 acts *1840: ''La Femme de mon mari'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets *1840: ''La mansarde du crime'', comedy en 1 act *1841: ''Zacharie'', drama in 5 acts *1841: ''Langeli'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1841: ''Manche à manche'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with song *1842: ''Les deux brigadiers'',

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

in 2 acts *1842: ''Monsieur de Maugaillard, ou le Premier jour des noces'', comedy in 1 act in prose *1846: ''L'Inconsolable ou Les Deux déménagements'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts *1847: ''Un mousquetaire-gris'', comedy mingled with couplets in 2 acts *1848: ''Le pouvoir d'une femme'', comedy in 2 acts *1848: ''La Dernière conquête'', comedy mingled with song, in 2 acts *1849: ''Brutus, lâche César !'', comedy in 1 act mingled with song *1849: ''La Pension alimentaire'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts *1849: ''Croque poule'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act *1850: ''Un mariage en trois étapes'', comedy mingled with song, in 3 acts *1850: ''Le songe d'une nuit d'été'', opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven *1851: ''Deux lions râpés'', comédie-vaudeville in 3

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, with

Charles Varin Charles Voirin, called Varin, (20 January 1798 (1er pluviôse an VI) – 24 April 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright. He also wrote under the pen names V. Warin and Victor. Biography Destined by his father to the profession of nota ...

*1851: ''Raymond ou le Secret de la reine'', opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven *1851: ''Une passion du midi'', vaudeville in 1 act *1852: ''Un mari trop aimé'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1853: ''La foi, l'espérance et la charité'', drama in 5 acts and six parts *1855: ''La Cour de Célimène'', opéra comique in 2 acts, with Ambroise Thomas *1855: ''Le Housard de Berchini'', opéra comique in 2 acts, with Adolphe Adam *1856: ''Chacun pour soi'', comedy in 3 acts *undated: ''Un bon ouvrier'', comédie-vaudeville, with

Bibliography

* Louis Gustave Vapereau, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1880, * Tadeusz Kowzan, ''Théâtre miroir: métathéâtre de l'antiquité au XXIe siècle'', 2006, * Charles Dudley Warner, ''A Library of the World's Best Literature'', 2008,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosier, Joseph-Bernard 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists People from Béziers 1804 births 1880 deaths