François Bouvard (c. 1684–1760) was a French composer of the
Baroque era. Originally from
Lyon, Bouvard began his career as a singer at the
Paris Opéra at the age of sixteen. When the quality of his voice deteriorated, he went to study in
Rome and devoted himself to playing the
violin and composition. His first opera, the tragédie en musiqueMédus, appeared in Paris in 1702.