Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge

Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge
Born1650 (1650)
Paris, France
Died24 March 1718(1718-03-24) (aged 67–68)
Paris, France
Known forLibretti

Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (sometimes Sainctonge), born Gillot de Beaucourt, (1650 – 24 March 1718) was a French femme de lettres and celebrated librettist. She was the first woman to have a work to which she contributed performed at the Royal Academy of Music in France, Didon.

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