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• Personalities
• Early Romantic
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1802–39, French Adolphe Nourrit, the French tenor, made his debut at the Paris Opéra in 1821, singing Pylade in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. Nourrit remained at the Opéra until 1837, singing, among other roles, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Rossini’s Otello. Nourrit was a brilliant all-round performer, charming his audiences with his subtle, ...

• Personalities
• Early Romantic
• Opera

masterpiece, premiered in Berlin on 9 March 1849 and only just in time. Two months later, Nicolai was dead. Introduction | Early Romantic | Opera Personalities | Adolphe Nourrit | Early Romantic | Opera ...

• Personalities
• Early Romantic
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heroine of Jacques-François-Fromental Halévy’s (1799–1862) La juive and Valentine in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots among other important roles. Falcon was a fine actress, and together with the French tenor Adolphe Nourrit (1802–39) raised the artistic status of the Paris Opéra. Her voice came to typify the dramatic soprano roles in which she specialized, and its type is today called ‘Falcon ...

• The Voice
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On Rossini’s advice, the already established tenor Adolphe Nourrit (1802–39) took singing lessons in order to acquire an Italianate flexibility of tone. His subsequent performance in the premiere of Rossini’s Le siège de Corinthe at the Paris Opéra in 1826 was a triumph, and in the same year he was made principal tenor of the Opéra. He appeared in ...