Born Pierre Grichon in Lasseube, he studied in Toulouse (voice, harpsichord, guitar, violin, composition) and made his stage debut in Paris as a singer at the Concert Spirituel in 1733.
In 1755, he retired from the Opéra, singing in Castor et Pollux, but continued singing at court until 1765. He then joined the "Orchestre du Roi" (the King's Orchestra) as a violinist and guitarist, and later joined the private orchestra of Madame de Pompadour as a cellist, and wrote a few "comédies-ballets", notably Zeliska. He died, aged 84, in Oloron.
Widely regarded as the "greatest singer of Europe" in his time, his voice type was then known as haute-contre, his voice was by all account powerful, and in some ways prefigured a new vocal type closer to the tenor as we know it today, opening the doors to a new style of singing, as Adolphe Nourrit and Gilbert Duprez would soon demonstrate.
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Le guide de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique, R. Mancini & J-J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986), ISBN2-213-01563-5
January 01, 1970
pierre, jélyotte, april, 1713, september, 1797, french, operatic, tenor, particularly, associated, with, works, rameau, lully, campra, mondonville, destouches, role, nymph, plataea, jean, philippe, rameau, comic, opera, platée, junon, jalouse, charles, antoine. Pierre Jelyotte 13 April 1713 11 September 1797 was a French operatic tenor particularly associated with works by Rameau Lully Campra Mondonville and Destouches Pierre Jelyotte in the Role of the Nymph Plataea in Jean Philippe Rameau s Comic Opera Platee ou Junon jalouse by Charles Antoine Coypel c 1745 Paris Musee du LouvreLife and career editBorn Pierre Grichon in Lasseube he studied in Toulouse voice harpsichord guitar violin composition and made his stage debut in Paris as a singer at the Concert Spirituel in 1733 That same year he made his debut at the Opera de Paris in Les fetes grecques et romaines by Francois Colin de Blamont He thereafter created several roles in opera by Jean Philippe Rameau such as Hippolyte et Aricie Les Indes galantes Dardanus and Zoroastre as well as in opera by Jean Baptiste Lully Andre Campra and Andre Cardinal Destouches In all he sang some 150 roles nbsp Louis Tocque 1755 Portrait de Pierre de Jelyotte Portrait of Actor as Apollo oil on canvas 82 72 cm 32 3 28 3 in Hermitage Museum He often appeared at Court in Fontainebleau where he sang Daphnis in Daphnis et Alcimadure by Jean Joseph de Mondonville and Colin in Le devin du village by Jean Jacques Rousseau In 1755 he retired from the Opera singing in Castor et Pollux but continued singing at court until 1765 He then joined the Orchestre du Roi the King s Orchestra as a violinist and guitarist and later joined the private orchestra of Madame de Pompadour as a cellist and wrote a few comedies ballets notably Zeliska He died aged 84 in Oloron Widely regarded as the greatest singer of Europe in his time his voice type was then known as haute contre his voice was by all account powerful and in some ways prefigured a new vocal type closer to the tenor as we know it today opening the doors to a new style of singing as Adolphe Nourrit and Gilbert Duprez would soon demonstrate Sources editLe guide de l opera les indispensables de la musique R Mancini amp J J Rouvereux Fayard 1986 ISBN 2 213 01563 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pierre Jelyotte amp oldid 1208353338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
