Henri Chivot
Henri Chivot | |
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Born | 13 November 1830 Paris |
Died | 18 September 1897 | (aged 66)
Occupation(s) | Writer, librettist |
Henri Charles Chivot (13 November 1830 – 18 September 1897) was a French writer and playwright, mostly known as an operetta librettist.
Biography
Henri Chivot was born in Paris on 13 November 1830.[1] He worked, successively, as a clerk, a lawyer, an employee of the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean railway, and later the head of that company's Paris office.[2] He wrote his first play in collaboration with Marc-Michel – Une Trilogie de pantalons (A Trilogy of Trousers), a comic one-act vaudeville], which was performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in 1855.[2] His next production, Sous un hangar (Under a Shed, 1857), a one-act vaudeville like its predecessor, was his first solo play. He continued to write comedies and dramas, mainly in collaboration with his friend Alfred Duru.[2] His plays were presented at the Théâtre des Variétés, the Palais-Royal, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques and other houses.[2]
From 1865 Chivot became a librettist and in collaboration, particularly with Duru, he wrote more than forty librettos for operettas or
Chivot had two daughters and one son, the military painter Charles Chivot . He died at his home in Le Vésinet, near Paris on 18 September 1897, aged 66.[2]
Works
- 1866: Zilda ou la Nuit des dupes, written with Vernoy de St-Georges, for Friedrich von Flotow
- In constant collaboration with Alfred Duru for:
- Hervé,
- 1866: Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
- Charles Lecocq
- 1868: Fleur-de-Thé
- 1869: Gandolfo
- 1872: Les cent vierges
- Edmond Audran
- 1879: Les noces d'Olivette
- 1880: La Mascotte
- 1882: Gillette de Narbonne
- 1884: Le Grand Mogol
- Jacques Offenbach
- 1868: L'Ile de Tulipatan
- 1873: Les Braconniers
- 1878: Madame Favart
- 1879: La Fille du tambour-major;
- 1868:
- Robert Planquette
- 1887: Surcouf
References
External links
- List of his works
- Henri Chivot on Data.bnf.fr]
- List of works by Chivot at the Index to Opera and Ballet Sources Online