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 The grave of Adolphe Nourrit at the Montmartre Cimetière, Paris. Picture by Androom (05 Nov 2017) |
Nourrit, Adolphe |
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BORN 3 Mar 1802, Montpellier, Hérault - DIED 8 Mar 1839, Napoli, Campania CAUSE OF DEATH suicide by jumping from window GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 22) |
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Adolphe Nourrit was the son of the singer and diamond trader Louis Nourrit. He studied with Manuel Garcia and debuted at the Opéra in Paris as Pylades in Gluck's "Iphigénie en Tauride". Performances in Rossini's "Guillaume Tell" and Halévy's "La Juive" followed. He also appeared in Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable". He married Adèle Duverger, the daughter of the manager of the Opéra-Comique. They had seven children. After his rival Gilbert Duprez was engaged at the Opéra in 1836 as well he feld offended and he left Paris. He travelled to Italy but he fell ill and this damaged his voice. His career went downwards and he suffered from a fatal liver cirrhosis. He killed himself in Naples by jumping out of a window from the third floor of the Hotel Barbaia. He was buried at the Madonna del Pianto cemetery, but a month later his body was transported to Marseille and during a requiem mass in the Église Notre-Dame-de-Mont in Marseille, Frédéric Chopin played Schubert's "Die Gestirne" on the organ in the presence of George Sand. Nourrit's remains were then taken to Paris and a funeral service was held at the Église Saint-Roch. He was buried at the Montmartre Cemetery. A few months later his wife died after the birth of his last son and she was buried beside him. Related persons • was teacher of Falcon, Cornélie • was pupil of Garcia, Manuel Events |
| 17/10/1825 | Premiere of "Don Sanche" by Franz Liszt at the Salle Le Peletier, Paris. Rodolphe Kreutzer was the conductor and Adolphe Nourrit sang. Liszt had written this opera in one act in 1824-1825. The French libretto was by Théaulon and de Rancé. The score was lost for thirty years until it was found in 1903. [Kreutzer, Rodolphe][Liszt, Franz] |
| 26/3/1827 | Premiere of Rossini's "Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le Passage de la mer Rouge" at the opera in Paris. The libretto was written by Luigi Balocchi and Etienne de Jouy. Nicolas Levasseur was Moses. Adolphe Nourrit was Amenophis and Laure cinti Damoreau was Anaïde. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper] |
| 29/2/1828 | Premiere of Auber's "La muette de Portici". It was performed by the Opera of Paris at the Salle Le Peletier. Henri Valentino was the conductor. Adolphe Nourrit, Alexis Dupont, Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Lise Noblet sang the main parts. [Auber, Daniel] |
| 25/8/1830 | Revolution in Brussels after the performance of the opera "La Muette" by Auber. Adolphe Nourrit performed the leading tenor role. The opera started the Belgian Revolution against the Dutch. [Auber, Daniel] |
| 21/11/1831 | Premiere of Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" at the Opéra in Paris. It included a ballet in the third act with Marie Taglioni as the ballerina. François Habeneck was the conductor and singers included Adolphe Nourrit as Robert and Laure Cinti-Damoreau as Isabelle. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Meyerbeer, Giacomo][Taglioni, Marie] |
| 12/3/1832 | Premiere of "La Sylphide" with Marie Taglioni atthe Salle Pelletier in Paris. The ballet was created for her. The music was written by Jean Schneitzhoeffer and the libretto was by Adoplhe Nourrit. The cheoreopgraphy was by her father Filippo Taglioni and her husband Paul Taglioni and her sister-in-law Amalia Taglioni-Galster were among the performers. In 1836 a new version with different music was produced with August Bournonville as choreographer. The original version hasn´t survived and Bournonville´s version is now on of the oldest surviving ballets in the world. [Taglioni, Marie][Taglioni, Paul][Taglioni-Galster, Amalia] |
| 29/2/1836 | Premiere of Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots" at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris [Falcon, Cornélie][Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Meyerbeer, Giacomo] |
| 28/11/1836 | Premiere of the second version of "La Sylphide" at the Royal Danish Theatre. The original version had been staged on 12 March 1832 in Paris. The music was now by Herman Severin Løvenskiold and August Bournonville was the choreographer. The libretto was still by Adolphe Nourrit. Lucile Grahn and Bornonville himself were the main performers. [Grahn-Young, Lucile] |
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The grave of Adolphe Nourrit at the Montmartre Cimetière, Paris. Picture by Androom (05 Nov 2017) |
