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ALBERT HUBERTY (SERAING-SUR-MEUSE, BELGIUM, FEBRUARY 2,
1881 – OSTENDE, BELGIUM, MARCH 10, 1955)
He studied singing at the Conservatoire de Bruxelles with Désiré
Demest. In 1903, he joined the Flemish Opera in Antwerp as a comprimario,
singing similar roles at the Théâtre de la Haye in The Hague during the
1903-1906 seasons. After refining his vocal technique under the famous bass
Hypolite Belhomme in Paris, he became the principal bass of the Opéra de Rouen
in 1908. Guest performances followed in Nantes and Algiers. In the 1908-1909
season, he sang at Covent Garden in London, followed by engagements at the
Opera in New Orleans from 1909 to 1911 and in Montreal (Canada) from 1911 to
1913. In the 1913-1914 season, Huberty was active at the Opéra Royal de
Wallonie in Liège.
In 1915, he joined the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and in 1916, he was
engaged by the Paris Grand Opéra, where he made his debut as Capulet in
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. He remained there until the end of his career in
1939. At the Grand Opéra, he appeared in notable premières, including
Mussorgsky’s Khovantchina (1923) and R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier in its
Paris première (1927). He also participated in the premières of La Légende de
Saint Christophe by d’Indy (June 6, 1920), Le Jardin du Paris by A. Bruneau
(October 29, 1923), L’Arlequin by Max d’Olonne (December 22, 1924), Virginie by
Alfred Bruneau (January 6, 1931), Roland et le mauvais garçon by Henri Rabaud
(May 28, 1934), and La Chartreuse de Parme by Henri Sauguet (March 16, 1939).
He was a regular guest at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where
he achieved great success in 1920 as Falstaff in Verdi’s Falstaff and later as
King Marke in Tristan und Isolde. He also made guest appearances in Vichy,
Antwerp, Ostend, and in 1921 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Later in his
career, he taught singing at the Conservatoire de Bruxelles.
Chronology of some appearances
1903 Antwerp Flemish Opera
1903-1906 The Hague Théâtre de la Haye
1908 Opéra de Rouen
1908-1909 London Covent Garden
1909-1911 New Orleans Opera
1911-1913 Monreal Opera
1913-1914 Liège Opéra Royal de Wallonie
1915 Paris Opéra-Comique
1916-1939 Grand Opéra
TRACKLIST
Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Chant de Varlaam 0677, X0677 Pathé, Paris
Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky) Scène du carillon X7161 201391 Pathé,
Paris 1928
Philémon et Baucis (Gounod) Air de Vulcan 7134 201208 Pathé, Paris
1928
Chant des bateliers de la Volga (trad) X7161 201392 Pathé, Paris 1928
Faust (Gounod) Sérénade X 7123 Pathé-Art
Hérodiade (Massenet) Air de Phanuel X7123 Pathé Art
Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Piff paff 7134 201209 Pathé, Paris 1928
La Damnation de Faust (Gounod) Voici des roses 521894 Polydor
Le cor (Flégier) 3446 202285A Pathé, Paris
Le pas d’armes du Roi Jean (Saint-Saëns) 3446, 202284B Pathé, Paris
1928
Les deux grenadiers (Schumann) 0677, X0677 Pathé, Paris
Patrie (Paladilhe) Pauvre martyr obscure 521894 (4153 BKP) Polydor
Rosenkavalier (Strauss) Je suis mort… Nobles Seigneur (w. Almona) PDT83, PDT83, CPTX534, CPTX535 Pathé, Paris
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