Louis-Benoît Picard

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Louis-Benoît Picard (29 July 1769, Paris - 31 December 1828, Paris) was a French playwright

After having begun to study law, he first became an actor before producing his first play, Le Badinage dangereux, in 1789.

He was the director of the Odéon then the Académie impériale (then royale) de musique (1807-1816), his troupe having been merged with that of the Comédiens-Italiens. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1807. He again directed the Odéon from 1816 to 1821.

[edit] Works

He wrote several pieces, nearly 100 according to certain sources, including:

• Les Visitandines (put on at the Théâtre Feydeau on 7 August 1792, with music by François Devienne)
• Médiocre et rampant (1797)
• Le Collatéral (1799)
• Les Provinciaux à Paris (1801)
• Le Contrat d'union (1801)
• La Petite Ville (1801)

[edit] External links

• His works and productions on CÉSAR
• His works available on Gallica

[edit] Source

• Jean Gourret, Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra, 1984, p. 106-107.

Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle	Seat 13 of the Académie française 1807-1828	Succeeded by Antoine-Vincent Arnault
Preceded by Joseph Balthazar Bonet de Treyches	director of the Académie impériale/ royale de musique 1807-1816	Succeeded by Alexandre- Étienne Choron