He
studied singing in Toulouse, Rome and at the Paris Conservatoire, and sang at
the Opéra, 1902-8; he was at the Met, 1909-14, in such roles as Rigoletto,
Albert (Werther) and Sonora in the première of ‘’La fanciulla del West’’. He
retired in 1924. He was a musical, expressive singer and a fine actor.
Chronology
of some appearances
Il conte di Luna 12/16/1909, Alfio 12/30/1909,
Valentin 2/1/1910, Merlier (Filadelfia) 2/24/1910, Sonora 12/20/1910, Marcello 1/9/1912, Tonio
1/30/1912, Barnaba (Filadelfia) 1/7/1913, Lescaut 1/28/1913, Le comte de Nevers
3/25/1913, Amonasro (Filadelfia) 11/25/1913 (Filadelfia).
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905?
Carmen (Bizet): Chanson du toréador 17286
Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo): Arioso 17353
Odeon, Paris 1908?
Ernani (Verdi): Ah! Que dit-elle with Talexis, Landouzy, Bornica, Gilly,
Cèbe, Delzara and Narçon 56198 XP4449
Roi de
Lahore (Massenet): Promesse de mon avenir X97159 XP4463
Rigoletto (Verdi): Paix! Voici le bouffon with Landouzy, Narçon and chorus X56199
Sigurd (Reyer): Et toi, Freïa (Invocation) unpubl (test exists) XP4621
Rigoletto (Verdi): Paix! Voici le bouffon with Landouzy, Narçon and chorus X56199
Sigurd (Reyer): Et toi, Freïa (Invocation) unpubl (test exists) XP4621
Cavalleria
Rusticana (Mascagni): Oh, il signore with Destinn 888-A Unpubl.
HMV 1914-04-23
Uz mou milou (The wedding) (trad)
with Destinn 7-54007 87554
Dobrou
noc (Good night) (trad) with Destinn 2-054062 DB593
Hamlet
(Thomas): Comme une pâle fleur X97165 XP4467
HMV, London
1923-08-22
Il Tabarro (Puccini): Scorri fiume 7-52245
DA559
HMV, London
1923-08-24
Coupe du
Roi de Thule
(Diaz): Il est venu ce jour de lutte et desespoire 7-32082 DA558
Coupe du
Roi de Thulé (Diaz): Il aurait vo son amour dédaignée 7-32083 DA558
HMV, London 1923-12-20
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini): Dovunque al mondo with Hislop and Parnis DB743 2-054140
HMV, London
1928-08-15
Amarilli (Caccini) DB1256 2-052382
HMV, London
1929-01-16
O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) DB1256
2-052400
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