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Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc

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Jean-Paul-André des Razins, marquis de Saint-Marc, (29 November 1728 – 11 September 1818) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist. A former officer of the French Guards Regiment, Saint-Marc wrote the libretto for Adèle de Ponthieu, a 1772 opera by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde and Pierre Montan Berton, and a 1781 opera by Niccolò Piccinni. He wrote several opéra comique librettos and numerous pieces of fleeting poetry.

SponsoredFind Adèle de Ponthieu (La Borde and Berton) on Amazon*Adèle de Ponthieu (La Borde and Berton)Adèle de Ponthieu is an opera by the French composers Jean-Benjamin de La Borde and Pierre Montan Berton, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 1 December 1772. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto was written by Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc, after a tragedy by Pierre-Antoine de La Place, staged at the Comédie-Française in 1757. The opera had little success in its first run and was only revived in 1775 in five acts, for 38 perfo...

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