...as well as roles in Le fidèle berger, Le brasseur de Preston and Cagliostro (all by Adam), and
Les quatre fils Aymon (Balfe)
The son of a chorister at the Paris Opéra, he studied violin and voice already from 1806, and became a chorister himself
in 1815, singing at various Paris theaters. From 1818, he was a soloist (high baritone) in the French provinces and in
Switzerland.
In 1825, he switched to tenor, and made a splendid career in Brussels (1825/26, 1832–34) and at the Opéra-Comique
(1826–32, 1835–47). Following an illness in 1844, he had to reduce the number of his performances, and became a
theater director in Bordeaux and in Den Haag. 1852–54, he concluded his career at the Théâtre Lyrique in
Paris.
He was also a composer and conductor.
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
