The directory «Plots»

Danchet Antoine
(1671—1748)

Antoine Danchet was a French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet. Danchet was born in Rium, in the Auvergne, France. Having been a professor of rhetoric at Chartres and then a tutor at Paris, Danchet gave up teaching to write for the theatre. He wrote some opera libretti which, set to music by André Campra, met with success. By contrast,... More...

Sierra Leone, 1991, Mozart, scene from «Idomeneo»

Tanzania, 1992, Pavarotti as Idamente