Louis Nourrit

Louis Nourrit (4 August 1780, Montpellier – 23 September 1831, Brunoy Other roles included those of Orphée in Aladin ou La lampe merveilleuse, an opéra féerie of 1822 by Nicolò), Harem in La caravane du Caire by Grétry, and Colin in Le devin du village. in 1824 they co-starred in Les deux Salem by Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul; and they finally appeared together in Gioacchino Rossini's Le siège de Corinthe in 1826. This was the last stage appearance of Louis who thus left his position as the Opéra's principal tenor to his son. He died in 1831.

His other son, Auguste Nourrit, was also an operatic tenor.

Other performances by Louis Nourrit included: Fernand Cortez (28 November 1809), by Gaspare Spontini Les bayadères (8 August 1810) by Charles-Simon Catel La mort d'Abel (1810) by Rodolphe Kreutzer Les amazones (1811) by Étienne Méhul L'oriflamme (1814), by Étienne Méhul.