Alphonse Royer
French author and dramatist
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Alphonse Royer, was a French author, dramatist and theatre manager, most remembered today for having written the librettos for Gaetano Donizetti's opera La favorite and Giuseppe Verdi's Jérusalem. Wikipedia
Born: September 10, 1803, Paris, France
Died: April 11, 1875 (age 71 years), Paris, France
Books: Donizetti's Opera Don Pasquale: Containing the Italian Text, with an English Translation and the Music of All the Principal Airs, Histoire Universelle Du Théâtre, Tome Premier, Don Pasquale, opéra-bouffe en trois actes: paroles [translated and adapted from the Italian of A. M.] de MM. A. Royer et G. Vaez, musique de G. Donizetti, and more