Ferdinand Prévôt
French operatic baritone
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Ferdinand Prévôt (2 May 1800 – 11 June 1879)[1] was a French operatic bass-baritone.[2] His surname is also found spelled as Prevot or Prévost.
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He was born Pierre-Ferdinand Prévôt in Caussade (Tarn-et-Garonne). He studied at the Paris Conservatory, winning the first prize in vocalisation and second prize in chant in 1823.[1]
The son of a singer, he appeared in the Paris Opéra chorus in 1818.[2] He made his debut as a soloist in Grétry's Anacréon chez Polycrate on 15 March 1824.[1] He enjoyed a long career creating a number of minor roles in important operas. He sometimes sang in the same performances with his son Alexis Prévôt (a bass) and/or Alexandre Prévôt (also a bass). Since first names are sometimes not given in the sources, it is not always possible to determine which singer is meant.[2]
Roles created
- Adam in the revised version of La mort d'Abel by Rodolphe Kreutzer, 17 March 1823
- Omar in Le siège de Corinthe by Gioachino Rossini, 9 October 1826
- 4th Knight in Le comte Ory by Gioachino Rossini, 20 August 1828
- Aufide in Moïse et Pharaon (French version of Mosè in Egitto) by Gioachino Rossini, 26 March 1827
- Selva in La muette de Portici by Daniel Auber, 29 February 1828
- Leuthold in William Tell by Gioachino Rossini, 3 August 1829
- Armfelt in Gustave III by Daniel Auber, 27 February 1833
- First man of the people in La Juive by Fromental Halévy, 23 February 1835
- Méru in Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 29 February 1836
- Téobaldo in Guido et Ginevra by Halévy, 5 March 1838
- Bernardino in Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz, 10 September 1838[3]
- Fritz in Le lac des fées by Daniel Auber, 1 April 1839
- Herald of arms in La reine de Chypre by Halévy, 22 December 1841
- Barlow in Le vaisseau fantôme by Louis Dietsch, 9 November 1842
