Philippe Gille

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Philippe Gille (December 10, 1831 - 19 March 1901) was a French dramatist and opera librettist. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé.

[edit] Librettos by Philippe Gille

• Jacques Offenbach
  • Vent du soir (1857)
  • Le carnaval des révues (1860)
  • Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit (1864)
  • Les bergers (1865)
  • Pierette et Jacquot (1876)
  • Le docteur Ox (1877)
• Léo Delibes
  • Monsieur de Bonne-étoile (1860)
  • Le serpent à plumes (1864)
  • Jean de Nivelle (1880)
  • Lakmé (1883)
  • Kassya (1893)
• Robert Planquette
  • Rip van Winkle (1882)
• Jules Massenet
  • Manon (1884)