Auguste Nourrit made his debut at the
Opéra-Comique of Paris in 1826 and stayed there a few years before moving to the Hague in 1833 in order to head the Théâtre français. After a brief stint at the
Comédie-Française, he directed the Theatre of Antwerp in 1836–1837. In the early 1840s, he made a long tour of the United States and Canada: he sang especially in New Orleans, New York, then in Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto. In 1847, he was appointed director of the
Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels but had to give up in November, due to financial meltdown. == External links ==