Adolphe Nourrit [SEP] voice type
Adolphe Nourrit
Adolphe Nourrit (3 March 1802 – 8 March 1839) was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Early life.
Nourrit was born on 3 March 1802 and raised in Montpellier, Hérault. His father, Louis Nourrit (1780–1831), was a well-known operatic tenor and diamond merchant. Louis' example deeply influenced Adolphe (and Adolphe
The opera was Niedermeyer's first venture in the Grand Opera vein. The leading roles were taken by two of the Opera's strongest singers, Adolphe Nourrit and Cornélie Falcon, both then at the height of their careers. However for both of them it represented some of their last appearances in Paris singing full operatic roles.
Falcon lost her voice catastrophically during the second performance of "Stradella" at the Opéra in March 1837. When Nourrit as Stradella asked her "Demain nous partirons – voulez-vous?",