Sewrin, real name Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, (9 October 1771 – 22 April 1853 ) was a French playwright and goguettier. In addition to his writing of comedies, opéras-comiques, vaudevilles and songs, he also was a librettist for François Adrien Boieldieu, Ferdinand Hérold and Luigi Cherubini
Charles-Augustin Bassompierre was born 9 October 1771 in Metz, a French fortress in the Three Bishoprics. Soon after the Révolution, the young Charles-Augustin moved to Paris. In 1802, he is one of the eleven singers individually named, with three musicians, as members of the goguette Les Déjeuners des garçons de bonne humeur. A prolific author, from 1793 to 1825 he wrote libretto for operas comiques, vaudevilles, comedies and impromptus, alone or in collaboration with René de Chazet and Dumersan, as well as poems and novels. Appointed archivist secretary at Les Invalides under the Bourbon Restauration regime, he lost his position in 1830 with the fall of Charles X.
Charles-Augustin Bassompierre died in Paris 22 April 1853 and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery.
A knight in the ordre de la Légion d'honneur, he was married to Louise-Julie des Acres de l'Aigle (1787–1845).
L'École de village, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Jean-Pierre Solié, created at the Opéra-Comique (salle Favart) 10 May 1793
La Moisson, opéra-comique in 2 acts, music by Jean-Pierre Solié, created at the Opéra-Comique (salle Favart) 5 September 1793
Le Plaisir et la Gloire, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Jean-Pierre Solié, created at the Opéra-Comique (salle Favart) 30 nivôse an II (19 January 1794)
La Chasse aux loups, opéra-comique in 1 act, created at the Théâtre de la Cité-Variétés 6 floréal an V (25 April 1797)
Le Maçon, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, created at the Théâtre Feydeau 14 frimaire an VIII (5 December 1799)
Le Locataire, opera en 1 act, music by Pierre Gaveaux, created at the Opéra-Comique (salle Favart) 6 July 1800
François Ier ou la Fête mystérieuse, comédie lyrique in 3 acts, cowritten with René de Chazet, music by Rodolphe Kreutzer, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 14 March 1807
L'Opéra au village, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Jean-Pierre Solié, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 30 July 1807
Jadis et aujourd'hui, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Rodolphe Kreutzer, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 3 October 1808
Le Crescendo, opéra-comique in 1 act, music by Luigi Cherubini, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 1 September 1810
Le Forgeron de Bassora, opéra-comique in 2 acts, music by Frédéric Kreubé, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 14 October 1813
L'Héritier de Paimpol, opéra-comique in 3 acts, music by Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 29 Decembre 1813
La Fête du village voisin, opéra-comique in 3 acts, music by François-Adrien Boieldieu, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 5 March 1816
Valentin, opéra-comique in 2 acts, music by Henri Montan Berton, created at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau) 10 Decembre 1819
Le Roi René ou la Provence au quinzième siècle, opéra-comique in 2 acts cowritten with Gabriel-Alexandre Belle, music by Ferdinand Hérold, created at the Opéra-Comique (salle Favart) 24 August 1824
La Famille des menteurs, « ouvrage véridique », Masson, Paris, 1802 (Read online)
Histoire d'un chien, écrite par lui-même et publiée par un homme de ses amis, « ouvrage critique, moral et philosophique », Masson, Paris, 1802 (Read online)
Histoire d'une chatte, écrite par elle-même et publiée par un homme de ses amis, Masson, Paris, 1802.
Brick-Bolding
La Première Nuit de mes noces
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