Michel de Bonneval
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Michel de Bonneval, real name Louis-Charles-Michel de Bonneval, (Le Mans, Maine (province) 18th century – 1766) was a French opera librettist.
A general controller of silverware and an intendant of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, Bonneval regulated as such the expense of clothes and furniture, ordered the masquerade balls, parties, mascarades, carousels, etc. He composed most of the operas performed in front of the court at the Théâtre of Versailles.