Henry de Tully
Born
Jules-Henry de Tully

1 May 1798
Paris, France
Died12 July 1846(1846-07-12) (aged 48)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Librettist, plawright

Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright.

Life

A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique,[1] an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg,[2] he was co-founder of the Théâtre Beaumarchais (1835) with Théodore Ferdinand Vallou de Villeneuve.[3]

His theatre plays, often signed with the collective pseudonym Charles Henri[4] were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.

An editor at La Psyché, he also authored several songs.[5]

Works

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Joseph-Marie Quérard, La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens..., 1838, (p. 575)
  2. ^ L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, Vol.47, 1903, (p. 222)
  3. ^ Joseph Fr. Michaud,Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle, vol.85, 1862,(p. 551)
  4. ^ Pseudonym of Tully and Jean Pierre Charles Perrot de Renneville
  5. ^ Quérard, op.cit.