Louis Antoine Ponchard (31 August 1787 – 6 June 1866) was a 19th-century French operatic tenor and teacher.
French opera singer
Antoine Ponchard
Antoine Ponchard
Born
Louis Antoine Ponchard
31 August 1787
Paris
Died
6 June 1866(1866-06-06) (aged78)
Paris
Occupation
Singer 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.[1] 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.
Antoine Ponchard is buried at Père Lachaise cemetery (11th division).
References
Kaminski, Piotr (2003). Mille et un opéras. Les indispensables de la musique (in French). Fayard. p.148. ISBN978-2-2136-0017-8.
Sources
A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes, Sam Morgenstern & Harry Barlow, Crown Publishers, 1950
François-Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, Supplément, tome 2, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878-1880, (p.358) gallica.bnf.fr.
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