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DANIEL FRANCOIS ES- PRIT (ō-bā'), a French operatic composer, born Jan. 29, 1782, at Caen, in Normandy; studied under Cherubini.
His first great success was his opera "La Bergère Châtelaine," produced in 1820. ود In 1822 he had associated himself with Scribe as librettist, and other operas followed. Chief among them were "Masaniello; or La Muette de Portici" (1828); "Fra Diavolo" (1830); "Lestocq" (1834); "L'Ambassadrice" (1836); "Le Domino Noir" (1837); "Les Diamants de la Couronne" (1841); "Marco Spada" (1853); "La Fiancée du Roi de Garbe" (1864). Despite his success in "Masaniello" his peculiar field was comic opera. He died in Paris, May 13, 1871.