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Pierre Gaveaux

1761 - 1825

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Pierre Gaveaux (6 October 1760 – 5 February 1825) was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Médée and for composing Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal, the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as Fidelio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Gaveaux is the 820th most popular singer (down from 731st in 2019), the 3,404th most popular biography from France (down from 3,210th in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Pierre Gaveaux ranks 820 out of 4,381Before him are Peter Frampton, Al Jolson, Titta Ruffo, Mike Love, Giulia Grisi, and Camilo Sesto. After him are Idir, Naná Vasconcelos, Roza Eskenazi, Alexander Vertinsky, Jennifer Warnes, and Jamala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Pierre Gaveaux ranks 31Before him are François Hanriot, Antonín Vranický, Jacob Hübner, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and Kaspar Maria von Sternberg. After him are Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, William Gregor, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Dorothea Jordan, Richard Anthony Salisbury, and Albert Gallatin. Among people deceased in 1825, Pierre Gaveaux ranks 26Before him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Karl Mollweide, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Jan Václav Voříšek, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant. After him are Peter Winter, Juan Martín Díez, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Wilhelm Hemprich, Utagawa Toyokuni, and Maha Bandula.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Gaveaux ranks 3,404 out of 6,770Before him are Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418), Jacques Dupont (1928), Albert Ayat (1875), Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769), Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), and Armand Salacrou (1899). After him are Guillaume Delisle (1675), Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793), Jamel Debbouze (1975), Jacques Delille (1738), Louise Moillon (1610), and Joseph Canteloube (1879).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Pierre Gaveaux ranks 47Before him are Michel Berger (1947), Patricia Kaas (1966), Jacques Pills (1906), Sheila (1945), Roberto Alagna (1963), and Emma Calvé (1858). After him are Pierre Bachelet (1944), Hugues Aufray (1929), Renaud (1952), Christophe (1945), Indila (1984), and Brigitte Fontaine (1939).