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Leon David (Tenor) (Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee 1867 - Les Sables d'Olonne 1962)
He studied in Nantes and in Paris, making his debut in February 1892 at Monte Carlo as Euxenos in Noлl Desjoyeaux's Gyptis. In June the same year he began a long engagement at the Opera-Comique, Paris, by singing Iopas in Les Troyens. His repertory included Almaviva, George Brown (La dame blanche), Gerald (Lakme), Des Grieux (Manon), Wilhelm Meister (Mignon), Nadir, Vincent (Mireille), Werther and Don Jose. Between 1900 and 1907 he sang at the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, where his roles included Belmonte and Dimitri in Franco Alfano's Risurrezione. In 1913 he created Paco in Manuel de Falla's La vida breve at Nice. His voice, a lyric tenor, was of beautiful quality. He retired from the Opera-Comique in 1920 and was professor of singing at the Paris Conservatoire from 1924 to 1937. His autobiography, La vie d'un tenor, was published in 1950.
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