Prosper Dérivis

He remained committed to that opera house for the next ten years, notably performing in the world premieres of Fromental Halévy's La tentation (1832), Daniel Auber's Le serment (1832), Luigi Cherubini's Ali Baba (1833), Halevy's La Juive (1835, the Herald), Giacomo Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots (1836, the Comte de Nevers), Louis Niedermeyer's Stradella (1837), Halevy's Guido et Ginevra (1838, the Duke of Ferrara), Hector Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini (1838, Balducci), Gaetano Donizetti's Les martyrs (1840, Félix), and Ambroise Thomas's Le comte de Carmagnola (1841).

He was also heard successfully in Paris as Balthazar in Donizetti's La favorite and in the title roles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni and Rossini's Guillaume Tell.

[1] In 1842-1843 Dérivis performed at La Scala in Milan where he notably created roles in the world premieres of two operas by Giuseppe Verdi: Zaccaria in Nabucco (1842) and Pagano/Hermit in I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843).

He performed at the Paris Opera again 1856–1857, notably singing d'Aminta in the world premiere of Emanuele Biletta's La rose de Florence and Ferrando in Verdi's Il trovatore.

He performed at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 1862 where he was heard as Samuel in Un ballo in maschera, Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto and as Calistene in Donizetti's Poliuto.