Émilien Pacini

Émilien Pacini (17 November 1811 in Paris – 23 November 1898 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a 19th-century French librettist of Italian origin.

He was the son of composer and music publisher Antonio Pacini and Jacqueline Rosier. His sister Eugénie Jeanne Pacini was the mother of

Works

He wrote the following librettos:

• 1837:
  Opéra Garnier
  , 3 March
• 1840: Loyse de Montfort, cantata, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by François Bazin, Garnier, 7 October
• 1841: French version of Der Freischütz, music by Carl Maria von Weber, récitatifs by Hector Berlioz, Garnier, 7 June
• 1850: Les Deux princesses, opéra comique, music by Wilfrid d'Indy, January
• 1850: La Rédemption, mystère in 5 parts with prologue and épilogue, with Émile Deschamps, music by Giulio Alary, Théâtre-Italien, 14 April
• 1854: Cordélia, opera, in collaboration with Émile Deschamps, music by Séméladis, Versailles, April
• 1856: French version of Il trovatore, by Giuseppe Verdi (la Monnaie in Brussels, 20 May ; Garnier, 12 January 1857)
• 1859: La Perle de Frascati, opéra comique, music by Amédée de Roubin, Rouen, February
• 1860: Pierre de Médicis, opera, in collaboration with
  Joseph Poniatowski
  , Garnier, 9 March
• 1862: Erostrate, opéra, en collaboration avec Joseph Méry, music by Ernest Reyer (Bade, 21 August ; Garnier, 16 October 1871