Ferdinand Prévôt

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Prévôt as Bernardino in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini

Ferdinand Prévôt (ca. 1800 – Paris?, 1857?) was a French operatic baritone. His surname is also found spelt as Prevot or Prévost.

The son of a singer, he appeared in the Paris Opéra chorus in 1818 and as a soloist in 1824 in Grétry's Anacréon chez Polycrate. He enjoyed a long career creating a number of minor roles in important operas.

Roles created

Adam in the revised version (1823) of La mort d'Abel by Rodolphe Kreutzer, 17 March 1823
Omar in Le siège de Corinthe by Gioachino Rossini, 9 October 1826
Mambre/Aufide in the revised version of Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini, 26 March 1827
Borella 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
Albert in La Juive by Fromental Halévy, 23 February 1835
Téobaldo in Guido et Ginevra by Halévy, 5 March 1838
Bernardino in Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz, 10 September 1838^[1]

He also played roles in:

Le comte Ory by Gioachino Rossini, 20 August 1828
Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 29 February 1836

Notes

↑ Jullien 1888, p. 120.

Sources

Jullien, Adolphe (1888). Hector Berlioz: Sa Vie et ses oeuvres (in French). Paris: Librairie de l'Art. View at Google Books.
Shulmann, Laurie C (1992), 'Prévôt, Ferdinand' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

Persondata
Name	Prévôt, Ferdinand
Alternative names
Short description	French operatic baritone
Date of birth	ca. 1800
Place of birth
Date of death	possibly 1857
Place of death	probably Paris

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