Adolphe Nourrit

Adolphe Nourrit (born March 3, 1802 at Montpellier, France; died March 7, 1839 at Naples, Italy) was a tenor. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... --69. ... Location within France Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Nàpule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as the modern countertenor). ...

Adolphe Nourrit was one of the most respected opera singers in the 20s and 30s of the 19th century. Some of the roles he performed include Massaniello in Auber's La Muetta di Portici, Eleazar in Halevy's La Juive, Raoul in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, and Robert in Robert le Diable also composed by the latter. Rossini notably composed the role of Neocles in Le Siège de Corinthe for him.

Beside singing, Nourrit composed and wrote scenarios for ballets at the Opéra Paris.

The duet "Amour sacré de la patrie", performed in Brussels on August 25, 1830, with Adolphe Nourrit in the tenor role, became the key of the "opera riot" that sparked the Belgian Revolution. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (1834), in the Musée dArt Ancien, Brussels The Belgian Revolution was a conflict in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands that began with a riot in Brussels in August 1830 and eventually led to the establishment of...

Nourrit's fame faded in the late 30s as new singers gained the favour of the Parisian public. He left France, and installed himself in Naples. Overwhelmed by melancoly he committed suicide by jumping out of a window.