Wartel, Pierre-François

Wartel, Pierre-François (3 April 1806, Versailles; 3 August 1882, Paris), vocalist, studied at Alexandre Etienne Choron’s school in Paris and at the Conservatoire under Adolphe Nourrit . He won first prize for singing at the latter institution in 1829, and he joined the Opéra after finishing his studies in 1831. An extremely well trained tenor, Wartel spent a dozen years at the Opéra during the height of the romantic movement. He had the opportunity to fill a number of interesting and important…