Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d'Orville, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d'Orville

French librettist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: playwright, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d'Orville

  • Adrien-Joseph le Valois d'Orville, real name Adrien Joseph de Valois, (paroisse Notre Dame des Champs in Paris, 8 June 1715 – 1780) was an 18th-century French librettist.
  • The son of Adrien de Valois and Marie Suzanne Durand de Linois, he married Geneviève Chapelon with whom he had two children, Alexis et Victor. He wrote several parodies of operas and tragedies, mainly for the Théâtre de la foire and the Opéra-Comique. He is mostly known for his adaptation of the libretto of Platée, opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau who had acquired the rights from its original author, Jacques Autreau.

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