Hippolyte Bis

Hippolyte Bis
Portrait of Hippolyte Bis, by Serrur, 1829
Born29 August 1789
Died3 March 1855(1855-03-03) (aged 65)
Paris
OccupationsPlaywright
Librettist

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.

Works

Theatre

Opera

Varia

References

  1. ↑ Phillips, Lawrence Barnett (1871). The Dictionary of Biographical Reference, p. 153. Sampson Low, Son & Marston
  2. ↑ "Libretto to Guillaume Tell". Stanford OperaGlass.