ÉMILE ROUSSEAU (FLEURY-LES-AUBRAIS, LOIRET DEPARTMENT, CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE REGION, AUGUST 31, 1899 – LAMOTTE-BEUVRON, DEPARTMENT OF LOIR-ET-CHER, CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE REGION, MARCH 19, 1979)
He began his career as a tenor during the 1922–1923 season, appearing at the New York Metropolitan Opera in two Sunday Night Concerts. In 1924, he made his debut as a baritone at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he performed for thirty years. He also made guest appearances at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and on many French provincial opera stages, gaining particular popularity for his performances in classical French operettas. From 1936 to 1946, he was a professor at the Conservatoire in Orléans. Since 1945, he worked at the Conservatoire National de Paris.
Chronology of some appearances (Premieres)
12. 1927 Paris Opéra-Comique Le bon Roi Dagobert (Samuel-Rousseau)
12. 1928 Paris Opéra-Comique Riquet á la houppe (Georges Hüe)
1928 Paris Opéra-Comique Sarati le Terrible (Francis Bousquet)
2. 1935 Paris Opéra-Comique Gargantua (Antoine Mariotte)
7. 1944 Paris Opéra-Comique La gageure imprévue (Henri Sauguet)
6. 1947 Paris Opéra-Comique Les mamelles de Tirésias (F. Poulenc)
6. 1948 Paris Opéra-Comique La Farce de Maître Patelin (Henry Barraud)
1. 1949 Paris Opéra-Comique Guignol (André Bloch)
1.6.1951 Paris Opéra-Comique Madame Bovary (E. Bondeville)
TRACKLIST
A nous la liberté (Auric) Gramophone K-6530 0W1416
Chantons le Beaujolais Ideal 12788 AN 1127
La Vie Parisienne (Offenbach) Avant Toute Chose Il Faut Être HMV K6127 50-1145
Mascotte (Audran) Ces envoyés du paradis HMV P772 (4-32812)
Mascotte (Audran) J’entrevois à ton courage HMV P772 (4-32813)
Noël Beaujolais Ideal 12788 AN 1124
Rip-Rip (Planquette) C’est malgré moi si j’ose HMV P741 (4-32783)
Rip-Rip (Planquette) C’est un rien HMV P741 (4-32784)
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