Arthur de Beauplan (20 June 1823 – 11 May 1890 [1][2][3]), The son of the writer and composer Amédée de Beauplan, he wrote numerous vaudevilles and libretti for opéras comiques for Adolphe Adam (La poupée de Nuremberg, 1852), Ferdinand Poise (Bonsoir, voisin, 1853) or Théodore Dubois (Le Pain bis ou La Lilloise, 1879), in collaboration in particular with Adolphe de Leuven and Léon Lévy Brunswick.

Arthur de Beauplan
Born	Victor Arthur Rousseau de Beauplan 20 June 1823 Paris
Died	11 May 1890(1890-05-11) (aged 66) 16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation	Playwright, librettist

He was made a knight in the Order of the Legion of Honour in 1858. In 1868, he was appointed Imperial Commissioner of the Théâtre de l'Odeon then of the opera houses and of the Conservatoire de Paris[3] Head office of the theaters, he became Deputy Director in the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1871.

Works

Theatre

Opéras comiques

• La Poupée de Nuremberg, opéra comique in 1 act with Adolphe de Leuven, music by Adolphe Adam, 21 February 1852, Théâtre-Lyrique
• Guillery le Trompette, opéra comique in 2 acts with Adolphe de Leuven, music by Salvatore Sarmiento, 8 December 1852, Théâtre-Lyrique
• Bonsoir, voisin, opéra comique in 1 act with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music by Ferdinand Poise, 18 September 1853, Théâtre-Lyrique
• Dans les vignes, tableau villageois in 1 act with Louis Lhérie, music by Louis Clapisson, 31 December 1854, Théâtre-Lyrique
• Mam'zelle Geneviève, opéra comique in 2 acts with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music byAdolphe Adam, 24 March 1856, Théâtre-Lyrique
• Le Pain bis ou La Lilloise, opéra comique in 1 act with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music by Théodore Dubois, 26 February 1879, Opéra-Comique

Texts

• 1843: Le Monument de Molière, Breteau et Pichery, Paris
• 1883: Dix Satires, avec prologue et épilogue, Librairie universelle, Paris
• 1885: Les Sept Paroles, Librairie des auteurs modernes, Paris

Source : Catalogue général de la BNF

Bibliography

• Louis Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1893, p. 114 (Read on line Gallica)
• Christian Goubault, « Arthur de Beauplan » in Joël-Marie Fauquet (dir.), Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle, Fayard, Paris, 2003 ISBN 2-213-59316-7

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