Alexis Dupont

After returning to France he made his debut at the Paris Opera in 1826 as Pylades in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride and continued to sing there until 1841.

[4][5] Under the composer's baton, Dupont sang the tenor solo in the prologue of Berlioz's dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette at the premiere on 24 November 1839.

[7] In 1846 Charles Hervey described Dupont's voice as a "sweet but delicate organ [that] was drowned by the orchestra of the Académie Royal [the name of the Paris Opera at the time]".

One of his performances earned him a letter of congratulations signed by 21 members of the 1853 Comité de L'Association des Artistes musiciens, including names such as Adolphe Adam, Ambroise Thomas and Giacomo Meyerbeer.

She was the sister of another ballerina, Lise Noblet, who danced the title part in Auber's La muette de Portici at its premiere, in which her brother-in-law Dupont also created a singing role.

[13] The operatic roles he created (at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opera under the baton of François Habeneck, unless otherwise noted) include: