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Georges Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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SAINT - GEORGES, GEORGES HENRI Vernoy De (1799-1875), French dramatist, was born in Paris on the 7th of November 1799. Saint-Louis ou les deux diners (1823), a vaudeville written in collaboration with Alexandre Tardif, was followed by a series of operas and ballets. In 1829 he became manager of the Opera Comique. Among his more famous libretti are: Le Val d'Andorre (1848) for Halevy, and La Fille du regiment (1840) for Donizetti. He wrote some fifty pieces in collaboration with Eugene Scribe, Adolphe de Leuven, or Joseph Mazillier, and a great number in collaboration with other authors. Among his novels may be mentioned Un Manage de prince. Saint-Georges died in Paris on the 23rd of December 1875.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Georges Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/georges-henri-vernoy-de-saint-georges.html. 1910.
 
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