Jules-henri vernoy de saint-georges biography

French playwright

Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (French pronunciation:[ʒylɑ̃ʁivɛʁnwadəsɛ̃ʒɔʁʒ]; 7 November – 23 December ) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris.

Jules-henri vernoy de saint-georges biography

He was one of the most prolific librettists of the 19th century, often working in collaboration with others.^[1]

Saint-Georges' first work, Saint-Louis ou les deux dîners (), a comédie en vaudeville written in collaboration with Alexandre Tardif, was followed by a series of operas and ballets.

In he became manager of the Opéra-Comique at Paris.

Among Saint-Georges' more famous libretti are: the ballet Giselle (with Théophile Gautier) (), the opera L'éclair () for Halévy, the opera La fille du régiment (with Jean-François Bayard) () for Donizetti, and the opera La jolie fille de Perth for Georges Bizet.

Virtually all his opera libretti are for opéras comiques, although La reine de C