Alexandre Bultos

Alexandre-Florentin Bultos is a actor and theater director of Brussels born the June 18th 1749 and suddenly dead the September 20th 1787.

Seventh child of Pierre-François Bultos and Marie-Josèphe Lambert, wine merchants and landlords, Alexandre makes his beginnings of actor in December 1761 with the twelve years age, in the main Maidservant of Pierre Baurans, according to the work of Pergolèse, at the sides of Angélique D' Hannetaire. Both are pupils of Ignaz Vitzthumb, the Master of music of the Théâtre of the Currency.

At the time of the resumption of this part two months later, François-Antoine de Chevrier written: “ the Tuesday the 16th the enfans played the maidservant Maitresse , one especially admired small Bultos in the role of Pandolphe , it is the son of a Café owner of Brussels which was made Comédien by taste, it is astonishing how this small good man who did not have model excellens under the eyes, has Pu to acquire so many talens & in if few tems ”.

From 1767 to 1770, it belongs to the troop of Ghent, plays Strasbourg in 1770, then to Maastricht in the troop of Charles Bernardy and goes then to Copenhagen.

Engaged with Brussels like utility in 1772, then like Laruette comic and first roles since 1773, it divides its employment with Dazincourt, which causes sometimes sharp tensions between the two actors. Besides Dazincourt will leave Brussels for Paris in 1776, leaving Bultos alone to the first roles.

In 1777, Bultos and its father obtain the authorization to open a Vauxhall in the Parc of Brussels. The same year, Alexandre Bultos obtains the joint management of the Theater of the Currency with Louis-Jean Pin and, five years later, it divides it with his brother Hermann (1752-1901).

About 1785, it wishes to try a beginning with the Comédie-Française but its congeneric dissuades some. Bultos dies abruptly on September 20th, 1787, regretted by the public and the troop.

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