Hippolyte Bis
Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis (29 August 1789 – 3 March 1855), was an early 19th-century French playwright and librettist. He is mostly known for the libretto to Gioachino Rossini's opera William Tell (premiered in 1829), which he wrote with Étienne de Jouy.
Also recorded as Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis
Hippolyte Bis
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- Born
- 29 August 1789
- Birthplace
- Douai
- Died
- 3 March 1855
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- Playwright Librettist
- Full name
- Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis.
- Nationality
- France.
- Known for
- William Tell, Attila and Blanche d'Aquitaine.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis (29 August 1789 – 3 March 1855), was an early 19th-century French playwright and librettist. He is mostly known for the libretto to Gioachino Rossini's opera William Tell (premiered in 1829), which he wrote with Étienne de Jouy.
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Hippolyte Bis (1789–1855) was a librettist, lyricist and playwright, among other activities, of French nationality. The librettist was born Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis in Douai and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Among the works are Attila, Blanche d'Aquitaine and William Tell. Languages used include French. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Born — 29 August 1789 • Birthplace — Douai • Died — 3 March 1855 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Playwright Librettist
Theatre
Theatre
• 1817: Lothaire, tragedy in 3 acts and in verse, with François Hay • 1822: Attila, five-act tragedy, Paris, Second Théâtre-Français, 26 April • 1827: Blanche d'Aquitaine, ou le Dernier des Carlovingiens, five-act tragedy, Théâtre-Français, 29 October • 1845: Jeanne de Flandre, ou Régner à tout prix, tragedy, created by the Théâtre-Français at the salle Richelieu on October 29, a single performance
Opera
Opera
• 1829: William Tell, four-act opera, with Étienne de Jouy, music by Rossini, Paris, Académie royale de musique, 3 August
Varia
Varia
• 1822: Le Cimetière, poème lyrique • La Marseillaise du Nord, sung 6 December 1830, dans un banquet de Gardes nationaux de Lille et de Douai, après la réception des drapeaux donnés par le roi des Français Louis-Philippe Ier • Notice sur le Mal Mortier, duc de Trévise, mort assassiné près du roi, le 28 juillet 1835, suivie du programme de l'inauguration de sa statue, le 16 septembre 1838 au Catteau-Cambrésis • 1839: La Flamande, dittie in 12 couplets avec refrain, réunion des Enfants du Nord du 29 April • 1842: Le Général Guilleminot, esquisse historique
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