Hippolyte Bis | |
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 Portrait of Hippolyte Bis, by Serrur, 1829 | |
| Born | 29 August 1789 |
| Died | 3 March 1855 (aged 65) Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright Librettist |
Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis (29 August 1789 – 3 March 1855), was an early 19th-century French playwright and librettist.[1] He is mostly known for the libretto to Gioachino Rossini's opera William Tell (premiered in 1829), which he wrote with Étienne de Jouy.[2]
- ^ Phillips, Lawrence Barnett (1871). The Dictionary of Biographical Reference, p. 153. Sampson Low, Son & Marston
- ^ "Libretto to Guillaume Tell". Stanford OperaGlass.