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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
Librettist
Biography
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (1799–1875) was a French playwright, novelist and librettist. He wrote the libretto for Gaetano Donizetti's opéra comique La Fille du régiment.
Vernoy de Saint-Georges spent his life in Paris. His first work was the vaudeville comedy Saint-Louis ou les deux dîners, co-written with Alexandre Tardif (1823). He became manager of the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1829. Vernoy de Saint-Georges wrote more than seventy librettos and plays, often in collaboration with other writers. Among his most distinguished collaborators were the poet and playwright Théophile Gautier and the dramatist and librettist Eugène Scribe. His best known librettos are for La Fille du régiment (1840) and Bizet's La Jolie Fille du Perth (1867). He also provided a French translation for Weber's Euryanthe, and collaborated on the scenario for the ballet Giselle (1841). He wrote many comic plays – often in collaboration with Adolphe de Leuven – and five novels.
Vernoy de Saint-Georges tended to favour dramatic plots filled with highly improbable coincidences (the story of La Fille du régiment is one example). He had a strong affection for the 18th century and often affected a version of 18th-century costume and manners in his everyday life.
Productions
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COMPANY
TITLE
DATES
Opera Company of Middlebury
La Fille du régiment
5/31/2024 - 6/8/2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/4/2023 - 11/25/2023
Opera Orlando
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/21/2023 - 4/23/2023
Minnesota Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/4/2023 - 2/12/2023
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/14/2023 - 1/22/2023
St. Petersburg Opera Company
La Fille du régiment
6/3/2022 - 6/7/2022
Sarasota Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/19/2022 - 3/18/2022
Winter Opera St. Louis
La Fille du régiment
1/24/2020 - 1/26/2020
Opera Saratoga
La Fille du régiment
6/29/2019 - 7/13/2019
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du régiment
2/2/2019 - 3/2/2019
Opera Carolina
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/10/2018 - 11/18/2018
Opera in the Heights
The Daughter of the Regiment
9/21/2018 - 9/29/2018
Atlanta Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/24/2018 - 3/4/2018
Hawai'i Opera Theatre
La Fille du régiment
2/9/2018 - 2/13/2018
Austin Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/28/2017 - 2/5/2017
Washington National Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/12/2016 - 11/20/2016
Opera Montana
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/14/2016 - 10/16/2016
Opera North (U.S.)
The Daughter of the Regiment
7/31/2016 - 8/10/2016
Santa Fe Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
7/3/2015 - 8/29/2015
Pittsburgh Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
5/2/2015 - 5/10/2015
Arizona Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/10/2015 - 4/19/2015
Fargo-Moorhead Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/2015 - 4/12/2015
Palm Beach Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/20/2015 - 3/22/2015
Madison Opera
La Fille du regiment
2/2/2014 - 2/9/2014
Fort Worth Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/2013 - 5/10/2013
San Diego Opera Association
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/1/2013 - 2/3/2013
Tulsa Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/10/2012 - 10/20/2012
Manitoba Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/2012 - 4/27/2012
Opera in the Heights
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/2/2011 - 10/2/2011
Opera Maine
The Daughter of the Regiment
7/30/2011 - 7/30/2011
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
The Daughter of the Regiment
6/26/2011 - 6/26/2011
Opera Idaho
La Fille du regiment
5/6/2011 - 5/8/2011
Manitoba Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/27/2011 - 4/27/2011
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/2011 - 4/17/2011
Wichita Grand Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/2011 - 5/5/2011
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/2/2011 - 2/27/2011
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du regiment
1/1/2011 - 1/6/2011
San Antonio Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
6/6/2010 - 6/13/2010
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du regiment
2/2/2010 - 2/22/2010
Tacoma Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/8/2009 - 11/11/2009
San Francisco Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/10/2009 - 10/30/2009
Virginia Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
5/5/2009 - 12/12/2009
Edmonton Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/2/2009 - 2/12/2009
Lyric Opera San Diego
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/11/2008 - 11/22/2008
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du regiment
4/4/2008 - 5/16/2008
Houston Grand Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/10/2007 - 11/11/2007
Washington National Opera
La Fille du régiment
3/3/2007 - 4/15/2007
Indianapolis Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/3/2007 - 3/19/2007
Florentine Opera Company
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/1/2006 - 3/5/2006
Florida Grand Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/1/2006 - 1/28/2006
Detroit Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
6/1/2005 - 6/12/2005
Opera Modesto
The Daughter of the Regiment
5/1/2005 - 5/15/2005
Knoxville Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/1/2005 - 4/10/2005
Cincinnati Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
6/1/2004 - 6/19/2004
Opera Ontario, Inc.
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/29/2003 - 3/29/2003
Vancouver New Music
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/11/2002 - 11/29/2002
Opera Saratoga
The Daughter of the Regiment
7/7/2002 - 7/13/2002
Opera Columbus
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/31/2002 - 2/2/2002
Boston Lyric Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/3/2001 - 4/8/2001
Arizona Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/2/2001 - 3/4/2001
Kentucky Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
1/1/2001 - 1/28/2001
Opera Lyra Ottawa
La Fille du régiment
9/9/2000 - 9/16/2000
University of Michigan | School of Music, Theatre
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/3/2000 - 3/19/2000
Opera Pacific
La Fille du régiment
4/4/1999 - 4/11/1999
Central Florida Lyric Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/27/1999 - 3/27/1999
Opéra Français de New York
La Jolie Fille de Perth
6/25/1998 - 6/25/1998
Opera Philadelphia
La Fille du régiment
4/4/1998 - 4/29/1998
Syracuse Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/3/1998 - 3/27/1998
Royal Opera Canada
The Daughter of the Regiment
3/1/1998 - 3/24/1998
Edmonton Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/4/1997 - 5/1/1997
The Cleveland Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/2/1997 - 2/16/1997
Opera Australia
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/1/1997 - 3/1/1997
Opera Carolina
La Fille du régiment
11/11/1996 - 11/22/1996
Hawai'i Opera Theatre
La Fille du régiment
3/3/1996 - 4/2/1996
Sarasota Opera
The Fair Maid of Perth
2/2/1996 - 3/23/1996
Augusta Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/9/1995 - 11/11/1995
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du régiment
11/8/1995 - 11/27/1995
Opera Omaha
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/1/1995 - 10/28/1995
Detroit Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
11/1/1994 - 11/19/1994
Shreveport Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/1/1994 - 10/15/1994
Toledo Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/1/1994 - 10/8/1994
Pacific Opera Victoria
The Daughter of the Regiment
9/1/1994 - 10/1/1994
Opéra de Montréal
La Fille du régiment
5/1/1994 - 6/1/1994
Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du régiment
2/1/1994 - 3/1/1994
Nashville Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
10/1/1993 - 10/11/1993
San Francisco Opera
La Fille du régiment
9/1/1993 - 10/1/1993
Chautauqua Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
7/1/1993 - 8/1/1993
OperaDelaware
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/1/1993 - 5/1/1993
Academy of Vocal Arts
La Fille du régiment
2/1/1993 - 2/27/1993
Opera Saratoga
The Daughter of the Regiment
8/1/1992 - 8/16/1992
Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts
La Fille du régiment
6/1/1992 - 6/6/1992
Portland Opera
La Fille du régiment
5/1/1992 - 5/9/1992
Piedmont Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
4/1/1992 - 4/7/1992
Baltimore Opera Company
La Fille du régiment
3/1/1992 - 3/29/1992
Orlando Opera
The Daughter of the Regiment
2/1/1992 - 2/11/1992
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