author
Lucien Népoty
A French playwright and librettist from the early 20th century, he is best remembered for stage works and opera texts that brought dramatic storytelling to life. His name is especially linked with Mârouf, savetier du Caire, the comic opera created with composer Henri Rabaud.
1 Audiobook
La veille d'armes: Pièce en cinq actes
by Claude Farrère, Lucien Népoty
About the author
Born in 1878 and dead in 1945, Lucien Népoty was a French dramatist and librettist whose career was centered on the theater. Library records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France identify him as both an author of plays and a writer of librettos, with a substantial body of work to his name.
His writing moved between spoken drama and musical theater. Among the works most closely associated with him is Mârouf, savetier du Caire, the opera libretto he wrote for Henri Rabaud, adapted from a tale from the Arabian Nights. He also collaborated on other theatrical pieces, showing a talent for shaping stories for performance.
Although he is not widely known today, Népoty belonged to the lively world of French stage writing in the decades before and after World War I. For listeners interested in rediscovering lesser-known literary figures, he offers a glimpse into a period when playwrights and librettists helped define popular culture on the stage.