Jean-Antoine-Marie Monperlier, (31 June 1788 – 23 March 1819) was a French poet, playwright, and librettist. Monperlier was born in Lyon. His plays ranged from light vaudeville to larger scale melodramas, often incorporating ballet sequences. His play Les chevaliers de Malte formed the basis for Giacomo Meyerbeer's 1824 opera Il crociato in Egitto. He died in Paris, aged 30.
Monperlier's dramatic works include:
Les femmes infidelles – opéra-vaudeville in 3 acts, first performed 22 September 1812Le joueur de flûte, ou Les effets de l'harmonie – opéra comique in 1 act (libretto by Monperlier, music by Jean-Jacques Dreuilh), first performed 5 January 1813Les chevaliers de Malte, ou, L'ambassade a Alger – mélodrame in 3 acts, first performed February 1813Almanza, ou, La prise de grenade – mélodrame héroïque in 3 acts, first performed 23 July 1814Le prince et le soldat – mélodrame in 3 acts, first performed 29 November 1814Le panier de cerises – vaudeville anecdotique in 1 act, first performed 17 May 1817His poetry includes:
Poèmes et poésies fugitives: voyage au Mont Cindre – published by Chambert, Lyon, 1812L'ombre de Henri IV (ode) – published by Chambert, Lyon, 1814Le retour des Bourbons – published by Chez les marchands de nouveautés, Paris, 1815
