Duprez, Gilbert-Louis (6 December 1806, Paris; 23 September 1896, Paris) was a dramatic tenor. He studied at the Conservatoire in Paris under Alexandre Choron and made an unimpressive debut at the Odéon in 1825. He went to Italy in 1828 to continue his studies and to strengthen his voice, and, a decade after his Paris debut, he won acclaim finally in Naples with his rendering of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. Duprez decided that it was now the propitious moment to return to his native city…