Ferdinand Prévôt
also Pierre Ferdinand Prévôt, Ferdinand Prévot, Prévost, Monsieur Prévost
Birthplace: Caussade, French RepublicL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).
Ferdinand Prévôt was a French baritone of the Paris OpéraShulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092.L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)., where in 1847 he created the soldier in Verdi's JérusalemBudden, J. (1978) The operas of Verdi. Volume 1: From Oberto to Rigoletto. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 339-359.. The son of a singer, he was in the Opéra chorus by 1818Shulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092. and made his solo debut in 1824 in Grétry's Anacréon chez PolycrateShulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092.L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. Over some thirty yearsShulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092.L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). he took many minor rolesShulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092., among them Leuthold in the first Guillaume Tell, Armfelt in Auber's Gustave III, de Méru in Les Huguenots and the High Priest in Gounod's SaphoL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).. A critic of 1846 found him never positively good or badShulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092.. His wife's sister was the Opéra soprano Constance JawurekL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)..
Creations
- Un soldat — Jérusalem
Written from
- Shulman, L. C. (1992) 'Prévot [Prevot, Prévost], Ferdinand', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 1092.
- L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).
- Budden, J. (1978) The operas of Verdi. Volume 1: From Oberto to Rigoletto. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 339-359.