Henri Trianon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Trianon

writer

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1811

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1896

Profession: librarian, translator, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.
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.
From 1857-59 Trianon was associated with Nestor Roqueplan in the administration of the Opéra-Comique. He also wrote the libretto to the ballet Orfa by Adolphe Adam and several others, including Le Maître à Chanter (1853) by Armand Limnander, 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.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat