Songs Written by Michel CarréTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Michel Carré (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl kaʁe]; 20 October 1821, Besançon – 27 June 1872, Argenteuil) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti. He wrote the text for Charles Gounod's Mireille (1864) on his own, and collaborated with Eugène Cormon on Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles. However, the majority of his libretti were completed in tandem with... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Michel Carré first charted in 1910 with Faust - Mon Cœur Est Penetre Depouvante! (My Heart is Torn with Grief).The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10.