Pierre Gaveaux [SEP] voice type
Pierre Gaveaux
Pierre Gaveaux (9 October 1761 – 5 February 1825) was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's "Médée" and for composing "Leonore ou l'amour conjugal", the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as "Fidelio".
Early life.
Gaveaux was born in Béziers and sang in the cathedral choir there from the age of seven. Although intending to enter the priesthood, he also took lessons in composition. He next
and Pierre-Yves Barré, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 2 December 1803
- "Les Pépinières de Vitry, ou le Premier de mai", divertissement in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Jean-Baptiste Radet, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 1 May 1804
- "Le Bouffe et le Tailleur", opéra-bouffon in 1 act, with Pierre Villiers, music by Pierre Gaveaux, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 21 June 1804
- "L'Intrigue dans la hotte"