Louis Antoine Ponchard (31 August 1787 – 6 June 1866) was a 19th-century French operatic tenor and teacher. He made his debut in 1812 in ''L'Ami de la maison'', opera by Grétry. In 1825, he sang the leading role − George Brown − at the première of '' La dame blanche'' by Boïeldieu. He also participated in the premières of Boïeldieu's operas ''Petit Chaperon Rouge'' and ''Deux Nuits'', ''Joconde ou Les coureurs d'aventures,'' by Nicolas Isouard, '' La muette de Portici'' by Michele Carafa, '' Zémire et Azor'' by Grétry as well as many operas by Auber such as '' Le maçon'' in 1825 and also '' La journée aux aventures'' by Étienne Méhul in 1816. Ponchard taught singing at the Lille Conservatory where

Henri-Bernard Dabadie Henri-Bernard Dabadie (19 January 1797 – 20 May 1853) was a French baritone, particularly associated with Rossini and Daniel Auber, Auber roles. Life and career Born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau, Dabadie studied at the Paris Conservat ...

, Jean-Baptiste Faure,

Giovanni Mario Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, Louis-Henri Obin, Anaïs Fargueil, Rosine Stoltz, Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, Gustave-Hippolyte Roger and Charles-Marie Ponchard were among his students. Antoine Ponchard is buried at

Père Lachaise cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (, , formerly , ) is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at . With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Buried at Père Lachaise are many famous figures in the ...

(11th division).

References

Sources

* ''A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes'', Sam Morgenstern & Harry Barlow, Crown Publishers, 1950 *

François-Joseph Fétis François-Joseph Fétis (; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the ...

, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique'', Supplément, tome 2, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878-1880, (p. 358
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on Data.bnf.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponchard, Antoine 1787 births 1866 deaths Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French operatic tenors Voice teachers Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French male opera singers