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Henri Trianon (11 July 1811 in Paris – 17 October 1896 in Paris) was a French critic, librettist and translator of works by Homer and Plato, and operas by Weber and Mozart into French.[1] He was an artistic and literary critic in Paris who eventually became teacher. In 1842 he became under-librarian and then librarian at Sainte Geneviève in 1849.[2] From 1857-59 Trianon was associated with Nestor Roqueplan in the administration of the Opéra-Comique.

Henri Trianon
Photograph by Nadar
Born	(1811-07-11)11 July 1811 Paris, France
Died	17 October 1896(1896-10-17) (aged 85) Paris, France
Occupation	critic, librettist, translator, librarian

He also wrote the libretto to the ballet Orfa by Adolphe Adam and several others, including Le Maître à Chanter (1853) by Armand Limnander,[3] Pantagruel (1855) by Théodore Labarre, Les Bleuets (1867) by Jules Cohen, and Ivan IV by Bizet, which he co-wrote once it had been refused by Charles Gounod.[4]

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