Lebrun, Louis-Sébastien
(1764–1829)> SINGER
Lebrun, Louis-Sébastien (10 December 1764, Paris; 27 June 1829, Paris), singer, entered the choir of Notre-Dame in Paris at age seven and studied music and composition there for 12 years. In 1783, he became choirmaster at Saint-German-l’Auxerrois for another three years before making his début at the Royal Academy of Music as a tenor in the role of Polynice in Oedipe à Colone in 1787. His ordinary voice and lack of experience as an actor prevented him from achieving any remarkable success at…