Pierre Beaumarchais
In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed an opera, "Le Nozze di Figaro", based on "The Marriage of Figaro", with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on the play. Several composers including Paisiello in 1782 wrote operas based on "The Barber of Seville". Rossini's 1816 version is his most successful work and still often performed. In 1966, Darius Milhaud composed an opera, "La mère coupable", based on "The Guilty Mother".
Adolphe Deloffre
As principal conductor at the Théâtre-Lyrique he conducted an important series of revivals of Mozart operas, starting with "The Marriage of Figaro" (as "Les noces de Figaro") in May 1858 (he also conducted the premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1872), then in May 1859 "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (as "L’Enlèvement au Sérail"), "Così fan tutte" (as "Peines d’Amours perdues") in March 1863, "The Magic Flute" (as "La flute enchantée") in February 1865, and "Don Giovanni" (as "Don Juan" in a translation by Henri Trianon) in 1866.