Gilbert Duprez

Gilbert -Louis Duprez (December 6, 1806 Paris, † September 23, 1896 ibid ) was a French singer (tenor ), composer and singing teacher.

Duprez studied at Alexandre- Étienne de musique classique Chorons Institution royale et religieuse. In 1825, he debuted at the Théâtre de l' Odéon as Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville Gioachino. After he had little success at the Odéon and the Opéra -Comique, he went to Italy in order to perfect his vocal technique. Here chose him Gaetano Donizetti made ​​for the role of Edgardo in the world premiere of his opera Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

From 1837 to 1847 he was principal tenor at the Paris Opera. Here he sang, among others the title role in the premiere of Hector Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and Fernando in Donizetti's La Favorite. Duprez also appeared in London and at German opera houses and taught from 1842 to 1850 at the Conservatoire de Paris.

The decline of his voice forced him to withdraw from the opera business, and in 1853 he founded a private school of singing, emerged from the singers like his daughter Caroline Duprez, Marie Battu and Caroline Miolan - Carvalho. Between 1826 and 1877 six of the nine composed by Duprez operas were premiered in Versailles, Brussels and Paris. In addition, Duprez wrote several music education and autobiographical writings.

Works

  • La Cabane du Pecheur, comic opera ( libretto by Edmond Duprez ), UA 1826
  • Le Songe du Comte Egmont, Scène lyrique ( libretto by Edmond Duprez ), UA 1842
  • La Lettre au bon Dieu, comic opera ( libretto by Eugène Scribe ), UA 1853
  • Jéliotte, ou Un Passe- temps de duchesse, operetta, first performed in 1854
  • Samson, operetta ( libretto by Edmond Duprez by Alexandre Dumas père ), UA 1857
  • Amelina, 1860
  • La pazzia della regina, UA 1877
  • Tariotti
  • Zephora

Writings

  • L'Art du chant, 1845
  • Souvenirs d' un chanteur, 1880
  • Récréations de mon grand âge, 1888
  • Opera singer
  • Tenor
  • French composer
  • Composer ( romance )
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1806
  • Died in 1896
  • Man
  • Singing teacher
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