Ernst Pasqué

Ernst Heinrich Anton Pasqué (3 September 1821 – 20 March 1892) was a German operatic baritone, opera director, theatre director, writer and librettist.

Born in Cologne, at the age of 17 Pasqué decided to have his voice trained.

At the instigation of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, he was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris.

On 4 May 1844 he made his debut as a "hunter" in the "night camp" in Mainz.

Besides music-related literature, his main work "Geschichte der Musik und des Theater am Hofe zu Darmstadt", he also wrote stories and the libretto to Johann Joseph Abert's opera Astorga.