Nicolas-Paul Duport (22 April 1798 – 26 December 1866) was a French

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and librettiste who also wrote under the

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s M. P. D., Paulin and Erbert.

Theatre

* 1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à 2 maris'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Auguste Duport and

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* 1824 : ''Une journée de Charles V'', comedy in 1 act in prose, with A. Duport * 1825 : ''Kettly ou le Retour en Suisse''

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in 1 act by Duvert and Paulin,

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(28 January) * 1827 : ''L'Arbitre, ou les Séductions'', comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Théaulon and Paulin, Théâtre de Madame (7 May) * 1835 : ''Alda'', one-act opera-comique by

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and Paul Duport, music by

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, salle des Nouveautés (8 July) * 1837 : ''La Champmeslé'', comédie anecdotique in two acts mixed with songs by Erbert and

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, vaudeville (11 February) * 1838 : ''Le Perruquier de la Régence'', opera in three acts by

Eugène de Planard Eugène de Planard (full name: François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard; ; 4 February 1783 – 13 November 1853) was a 19th-century French playwright. He collaborated with Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Ferdinand Hérold (''Le Pré-aux-clercs'', 183 ...

and Paul Duport, music by

Ambroise Thomas Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (; 5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas ''Mignon'' (1866) and ''Hamlet'' (1868). Born into a musical family, Thomas was a student at the Conservatoire de ...

, opera-comique (30 March)

Texts

* ''Épître à tout le monde sur l'esprit de parti'' by M. P. D., 1818

Bibliography

* Gustave Vapereau, �
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», ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', Hachette, Paris 1870, (p. 600), at Gallica French male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French librettists 1798 births 1866 deaths 19th-century French male writers {{France-playwright-stub