Eugène Bourgeois
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Claude Eugène Hippolyte Bourgeois (born Morlaix
, March 12, 1818 - died Penzé-en-Taulé
, August 28, 1847) was a French
dramatist and writer. He is remembered today for collaborating with Émile Souvestre
on the play Le Pasteur ou l'Évangile et le foyer, which was adapted by Francesco Maria Piave
into the libretto
for Giuseppe Verdi
's Stiffelio
. He collaborated with Souvestre on two other works as well, and also wrote a few works on his own.
Morlaix
Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:...
, March 12, 1818 - died Penzé-en-Taulé
Taulé
Taulé is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-Population:Inhabitants of Taulé are called in French Taulésiens.-References:** -External links:*...
, August 28, 1847) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
dramatist and writer. He is remembered today for collaborating with Émile Souvestre
Émile Souvestre
Émile Souvestre was a French novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Finistère.He was the son of a civil engineer and was educated at the college of Pontivy, with the intention of following his father's career by entering the Polytechnic School...
on the play Le Pasteur ou l'Évangile et le foyer, which was adapted by Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Maria Piave was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the lagoon of Venice, during the brief Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. His career spanned over twenty years working with many of the significant composers of his day...
into the libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
for Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's Stiffelio
Stiffelio
Stiffelio is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois...
. He collaborated with Souvestre on two other works as well, and also wrote a few works on his own.