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Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, sieur de Langlade, was an 18th-century French novelist and playwright born in Cahors in 1662 and died 30 September 1756.
Royal censor, he authored a biography of Molière. He was wrongly attributed some works by Marguerite de Lussan.
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Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, was a French nobleman, the younger son of Henri II, Prince of Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, daughter of Henri I, Duke of Montmorency. He was the brother of le Grand Condé and Anne Geneviève, Duchess of Longueville. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang.
Antoine Houdar de la Motte was a French author.
François Francœur was a French composer and violinist.
Jean-Féry Rebel was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist.
Jean-Étienne Despréaux was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright.
Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard was a French operatic baritone.
Ignace Brice was a neoclassical painter of genre, portraits and religious scenes from Brussels.
Molière's company was the theatrical company which formed around Molière from 1648 onwards, when he was performing in the French provinces after the failure of the Illustre Théâtre in 1645. In 1658 the company moved to Paris and, after a successful performance on 24 October 1658 in front of Louis XIV at the Louvre, was allowed to share the large hall in the Hôtel du Petit-Bourbon with the Italian players of Tiberio Fiorillo. At this time Molière's company became known as the Théâtre de Monsieur, since their official sponsor was the King's brother Philippe, Duke of Orléans, known as Monsieur. When the Petit Bourbon was demolished in 1660 to make way for the eastern expansion of the Louvre, Molière's troupe was allowed to use the abandoned Théâtre du Palais-Royal. The latter theatre had originally been built by Cardinal Richelieu in 1641. After Molière's death in 1673, his widow Armande Béjart and the actor La Grange kept the remnants of the company together, merging with the players from the Théâtre du Marais and moving to the Théâtre de Guénégaud. In 1680 the troupe of the Hôtel de Bourgogne joined the players at the Guénégaud, giving birth to the Comédie-Française.
Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian naturalized French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac is a three-act comédie-ballet—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on 6 October 1669 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. Subsequent public performances were given at the theatre of the Palais-Royal beginning on 18 November 1669. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, the sets were by Carlo Vigarani, and the costumes were created by the chevalier d’Arvieux.
Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer.
Beyens de Grambais is a Dutch-Belgian family of nobility, with a branch settling in the Southern Netherlands in the early 17th century.
Julien Bertheau was a French actor.
Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère was an 18th-century French historian and diplomat.
Pirame et Thisbé is an opera by the French composers François Francoeur and François Rebel, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 17 October 1726. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, is based on the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The role of Thisbé was created by Marie Pélissier.
Tarsis et Zélie is an opera by the French composers François Francoeur and François Rebel, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 19 October 1728. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Jean-Louis-Igance de La Serre.
Scanderberg is an opera by the French composers François Francoeur and François Rebel, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 27 October 1735. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Antoine Houdar de La Motte and Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, is based on the life of the Albanian patriot Skanderbeg, who led the resistance against the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
The House of Lannoy is the name of an old and important Belgian noble family that takes its name from the town of Lannoy in northern France. The name comes from l'Annoy, which means 'the alderwood' in Picard French of Flanders.
Marie-Jeanne Larrivée, born Marie-Jeanne Lemière was a French soprano.
Events from the year 1639 in France