 He made his professional operatic debut in 1789, at the Théâtre Feydeau, in Paris, in a parody called "Le Marquis de Tulipano".He then studied with Madame Dugazon, and made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1794, and sang there until 1823.He became a member of the administrative comity of this theatre in 1801.