Name Louis Fuzelier Died 1752, Paris, France | Role Playwright | |
Libretti Les Indes galantes, Les ages, Arion Similar People Alain‑Rene Lesage, Jean‑Philippe Rameau, Andre Campra, Henry Desmarest | ||
Louis Fuzelier (also Fuselier, Fusellier, Fusillier, Fuzellier; 1672 or 1674 – 19 September 1752) was a French playwright.
Fuzelier was born and died in Paris. He wrote more than 200 plays for the Theatre de la foire (theatres of the fair), alone or in collaboration with Alain-Rene Lesage, Alexis Piron or Jacques-Philippe d'Orneval .
Fuzelier wrote the libretto to Les Fetes grecques et romaines, a ballet heroique with music by Francois Colin de Blamont (1723) and to Les Indes galantes, an opera-ballet with music by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1735), both performed in Paris at the Theatre du Palais-Royal by the Academie Royale de Musique. Fuzelier also wrote some works for the Comedie-Francaise and was one of the principal editors of the Mercure de France, from 1721 to 1724 and from 1744 to 1752.