Léon David (18 December 1867, Les Sables d’Olonne, Vendée — 27 October 1962, Les Sables d’Olonne) was a French tenor and voice teacher.
He began a very long tenure as a resident artist at the Opéra-Comique later that year, making his debut at that theatre in June 1892 as Iopas in Les Troyens.
[1] David remained committed to the Opéra-Comique until his retirement from the stage 28 years later in 1920.
Among the many roles he performed in operas at that house included Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Don José in Carmen, Georges Brown in François-Adrien Boieldieu's La dame blanche, Gerald in Léo Delibes's Lakmé, Des Grieux in Jules Massenet's Manon, Nadir in Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles, Vincent in Mireille, Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, and the title role in Massenet's Werther.
[1] In addition to his performance at the Opéra-Comique, David made several guest appearances at La Monnaie from 1900 through 1907; performing roles like Belomonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Dimitri in Franco Alfano’s Risurrezione.