He received his education at the Paris Conservatory
under Boulanger and Obin. In 1887 he made his stage debut at the theatre of
Nîmes as Eleazar in ‘’La Juive’’ of Halévy. He remained active in this house two
years, till 1889 and then undertook guest performances in French stages and
tours with traveling opera companies which led him among other things in 1889
to Athens. In the 1890-92 seasons he was engaged by the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels and followed this a call from the Grand Opéra, Paris . Here as a
beginning role he sang Matho in ‘’Salammbô’’ of Reyer. Till 1895 he was to be
heard at the Grand Opéra in ‘’Robert le Diable’’, ‘’Les Huguénots’’ ‘’Lohengrin’’,
‘’Valkyrie‘’, ‘’Sigurd’’, ‘’Samson et Dalila’’, ‘’Otello’’ and in ‘’Tannhäuser’’
(1895). In 1893 he guested at the opera house of Monte
Carlo as José in ‘’Carmen’’, in 1903 he appeared there in the
premiere of the opera ‘’Le Tasse’’ of Eugène d'Harcourt; in 1897 he sang at the
Covent Garden, London .
Since 1906 he was a pedagogue in Paris .
Chronology of some appearances
1897 Torino Teatro Regio Tristano e Isotta (Tristano)
1897 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos (Otello)
1898 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Trovatore (Manrico)
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