Jules Brésil
Jules-Henri Brésil was a French writer who collaborated with Adolphe d'Ennery on the librettos of at least two operas.Life
Brésil was born in Paris and died in Bois-Colombes. He married mezzo soprano Lucile Henriette Mondutaigny on 20 June 1848.Works
- 1839: Une mauvaise plaisanterie, vaudeville in 1 act), with Adolphe Guénée
- 1842: La Dernière Heure d'un condamné, monologue in verses
- 1845: Constant-la-Girouette, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, music by Adolphe Adam, with Eugène Grangé
- 1852: Si j'étais roi, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Adolphe d'Ennery
- 1853: Les Œuvres du démon, melodrama in 5 acts
- 1856: Vénus au moulin d'Ampiphros, tableau bouffon et mythologique in 1 act, music by Paul Destribaud
- 1856: La Parade, music by Émile Jonas
- 1857: Les Orphelines de la charité, drama in 5 acts, with Adolphe d'Ennery
- 1859: Le Martyre du cœur, drama in 5 acts in prose, with Victor Séjour
- 1860: Quittons Nuremberg, operetta in 1 act
- 1860: L'Escamoteur, drama in 5 acts, with Adolphe d'Ennery
- 1860: L'Ondine
- 1861: Silvio-Silvia, opéra comique in 1 act, music by Paul Destribaud
- Les Orléanais, music by Eugène Prévost
- 1876: La Mandragore, music by Henry Litolff
- 1880: Diana, drama in 5 acts
- 1881:Le tribut de Zamora, music by Charles Gounod
- 1885: La Couronne des reines !, music by Gounod
- 1888: L'Escadron volant de la reine, avec Adolphe d'Ennery, music by Litolff
- 1889: Aubade à la fiancée, music by Charles Gounod
