Chassé de Chinais, Claude-Louis-Dominique de , DIT Chassé (1698, Rennes; 25 October 1786, Paris), vocalist, was born into a noble Breton family and entered the royal guards in 1718. Unfortunately, the inflation ensuing from the use of John Law’s monetary system in France and the burning of his native city erased his father’s fortune, and he was obliged to rely upon his own resources to survive. He had an acceptable bass voice and a flair for the theatre, and he decided to earn his living on the…