Alexis Dupont [SEP] voice type
Alexis Dupont
Alexis Dupont (179629 May 1874) was a French operatic tenor who sang at the Opéra-Comique from 1821 to 1823 and the Paris Opera from 1826 to 1841. There he created a number of roles in operas by Rossini, Auber, Halévy and Meyerbeer. He had a significant association with Berlioz, creating the tenor solo in "Roméo et Juliette" in 1839; and he sang in the Mozart "Requiem" at Chopin's funeral in 1849.
Career.
He was born Pierre-Auguste
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His wife was a noted ballerina. Born Félicité Noblet in 1807, after marrying Alexis Dupont she also became known as Mme Alexis Dupont. She died in 1877. She was the sister of another ballerina, Lise Noblet, who danced the title part in Auber's "La muette de Portici" at its premiere, in which her brother-in-law Dupont also created a singing role.
Alexis Dupont retired from opera in 1841 but continued to sing in public until