Louis-Antoine Ponchard

LOUIS ANTIONE PONCHARD
August 31, 1787- January 6, 1866
French Tenor and Music Teacher

Debut in 1812 at the opera The friend of the House of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry.

At the Opera Comique Paris he CREATED 30/6/1818 Roger in "le Petit Chaperon Rouge" by Boieldieu at (salle Feydeau). , 10/12/1825 George Brown in "La dame blanche " by Boieldieu. ( Théâtre Feydeau) . 23 March 1835 Prince Yang in " La Chevel de Bronze" by Auber Salle de la Bourse) i

H also appeared in the premieres of operas by Boieldieu, the operas Mona Lisa by Nicolas Isouard, Masaniello by Michele Carafa, Zemir and Azor by Grétry and several operas by Auber.

Taught singing at the Conservatory of Lille.

His students include, Henri-Bernard Dabadie, Jean-Baptiste Faure, Giovanni Mario, Louis-Henri Obin, Rosine Stoltz, Jean Baptiste Weckerlin, Charles Marie Ponchard and Gustave Roger.