He graduated from the
Conservatoire de chant de Bordeaux with the first prize of Opéra and
Opéra-comique and began his career at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1942 in
Georges Bizet's ‘’Les Pêcheurs de perles’’. He also won a second prize at the
Conservatoire de Paris in 1943. From 1945 to 1953 he performed at the
provincial opera houses (Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and
Bordeaux). In 1953 he appeared in Oran. From 1954 to 1956 he was a member of
the troupe of the Opéra royal de Wallonie in Liège before being for six seasons
the first tenor of La Monnaie in Brussels. Back in Oran he sang the title role
of Faust opposite Henri Rivière and Adrien Legros. In 1961 he moved to Toulon,
where two years later he retired from the stage.
Chronology of some
appearances
1942-1945 Bordeaux
Grand Théâtre
1945-1953 Tulouse,
Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and Bordeaux
1954-1956 Liège Opéra
royal de Wallonie
1956-1962 Brussels
Monnaie
1961-1963 Toulon Opera
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