Georges Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (November 7, 1799 - December 23, 1875), French dramatist, was born in Paris.
Saint-Louis ou les deux dîners (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 Opéra-Comique.
Among his more famous libretti are: the ballet Giselle (with Théophile Gautier) (1841), the opera Le Val d'Andorre (1848) for Halévy, the opera La fille du régiment (1840) for Donizetti, and the ballet The Pharoah's Daughter (1862).
He wrote some fifty pieces in collaboration with Eugène Scribe, Adolphe de Leuven, or Joseph Mazillier, and a great number in collaboration with other authors. Among his novels may be mentioned Un Mariage de prince. Saint-Georges died in Paris on the 23rd of December 1875.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
