André Barde
André Barde was the pseudonym of André Bourdonneau (July 1874, Meudon – October 1945, Paris), a French writer best known for his libretti for operettas. He was active from 1895-1936. In 1895 he collaborated with composer Marcel Legay on Chansons cruelles, chansons douces, a book of songs. He frequently collaborated with composer Charles Cuvillier - Son petit frère (1907) (expanded to the three act Laïs, ou la Courtisane Amoureuse in 1912), Afgar (1909), La Reine joyeuse (1912), Sappho (1912), Florabella (1921), and Nonnette (1922) being some examples.[1] He wrote four revues produced at the Théâtre Marigny, in 1910, 1912, and 1913 with Michel-Antoine Carré and in 1914 by himself.[2] His works include Pas sur la bouche (1925; in English: "Not on the Mouth"), which has been filmed twice.
References
- ^ "Seeing Sappho in Paris: Operatic and Choreographic Adaptations of Sapphic Lives and Myths", Samuel N. Dorf, Music in Art, volume 34, number 1/2 (Spring/Fall 2009), p. 295
- ^ https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12269995/theatre_marigny_paris/ Théâtre Marigny, Bibliothèque nationale de France website
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