Berton, Henri-Montan (1767-1844)

French violinist and composer, and the son of Pierre-Montan Berton. He was violinist at the Paris Opéra from 1782, professor at the Conservatory from 1795, and conductor at the Opéra-Comique from 1807. The first of his 48 operas was produced in 1787; he collaborated with Kreutzer, Boieldieu, and Cherubini in his later works.

Works operas Les Promesses de mariage, Les Rigueurs du cloître (1790), Ponce de Léon (1797), Montano et Stéphanie, Le Délire, Le Grand Deuil, Le Concert intérrompu (1802), Aline, Reine de Golconde (1803), Les Maris garçons, Virginie; oratorios Absalon (1786), etc.; ballets; cantatas; instrumental music; also theoretical works.