Jean Monnet (director)

Jean Monnet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ mɔnɛ]; Condrieu, Rhône 7 September 1703 - Paris, 1785) was a French theatre impresario and writer.

A baker's son, he was orphaned at age 8 and taken in by his uncle before moving into the service of the duchesse de Berry at age 15.

He was the director of the Opéra-Comique at the Foire Saint-Laurent from 1743 to 1745 and from 1751 to 1757.