From the Francini family of Florentine musicians that had come to France under Henry IV of France, Jean-Nicolas married Jean-Baptiste Lully's eldest daughter Catherine-Madeleine Lully on 18 April 1684, in the presence of Louis XIV. On Lully's death, Francine won the privilege of directing the opera. The first work put on under his leadership was Achille et Polyxène. He also authorised the opening of opera houses in France's provincial cities – Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Rouen.
Not himself a composer, he commissioned others to renew the operatic repertoire, putting on works by Louis Lully, Pascal Collasse, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. He was poor at management, however, and was forced to go into debt to keep the institution afloat, finally leading to the selling of his privilege in 1704 in favour of Pierre Guyenet. He returned to the post in 1715 following calls from Guyenet's creditors, after had Guyenet also proved unable to redress the problems. However, despite the king's support, the opera house was still not in profit when he ceded his place to André Cardinal Destouches in 1728.
jean, nicolas, francine, 1662, 1735, director, opéra, national, paris, life, editfrom, francini, family, florentine, musicians, that, come, france, under, henry, france, jean, nicolas, married, jean, baptiste, lully, eldest, daughter, catherine, madeleine, lul. Jean Nicolas de Francine 1662 1735 was a director of the Opera national de Paris Life editFrom the Francini family of Florentine musicians that had come to France under Henry IV of France Jean Nicolas married Jean Baptiste Lully s eldest daughter Catherine Madeleine Lully on 18 April 1684 in the presence of Louis XIV On Lully s death Francine won the privilege of directing the opera The first work put on under his leadership was Achille et Polyxene He also authorised the opening of opera houses in France s provincial cities Lyon Lille Bordeaux Rouen Not himself a composer he commissioned others to renew the operatic repertoire putting on works by Louis Lully Pascal Collasse Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Marc Antoine Charpentier He was poor at management however and was forced to go into debt to keep the institution afloat finally leading to the selling of his privilege in 1704 in favour of Pierre Guyenet He returned to the post in 1715 following calls from Guyenet s creditors after had Guyenet also proved unable to redress the problems However despite the king s support the opera house was still not in profit when he ceded his place to Andre Cardinal Destouches in 1728 Sources edithttp arsmagnalucis free fr academie opera html https web archive org web 20061125100536 http sites univ lyon2 fr musiquefr 18 institut InstitP academie html http operabaroque fr LULLY ACHILLE htmPreceded byJean Baptiste Lully Director of the Academie royale de musique1687 1704 Succeeded byPierre GuyenetPreceded byPierre Guyenet Director of the Academie royale de musique1712 1728 Succeeded byAndre Cardinal Destouches Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Nicolas de Francine amp oldid 1189857642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
