[1] 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[2] Charles-Augustin Bassompierre was born 9 October 1771 in Metz,[2] a French fortress in the Three Bishoprics.

In 1802, he was one of the eleven singers individually named, with three musicians, as members of the goguette Les Déjeuners des garçons de bonne humeur.

[3] 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 on 22 April 1853 [1] and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery.

Source : Gallica Jacques Isnardon, Le Théâtre de la Monnaie depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours, Schott frères, Bruxelles, 1890 (Read online)