JEAN VALLIER (? 1863 – PARIS, 1952)
He was trained at the Paris
Conservatory and became one of the leading French basses of his time. In 1899,
he sang the role of King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, and in 1902, he performed
as Hagen in the French premiere of Götterdämmerung at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau
in Paris, conducted by Alfred Cortot.
He was active at the Théâtre
de la Monnaie in Brussels during the 1890-91, 1900-01, and 1903-07 seasons. On
November 30, 1903, he appeared in the premiere of Ernest Chausson’s Le Roi
Arthus, and in 1907, he took on a smaller role in the Brussels premiere of
Richard Strauss’s opera Salome.
He also performed at the Monte
Carlo Opera in the 1903 and 1908-09 seasons and sang at the Grand Opéra in
Paris during the 1910-11 season. In the 1909-10 season, he was engaged by the
Manhattan Opera House in New York, where he participated in the New York
premiere of Massenet’s Hérodiade. Additionally, he performed at Covent Garden
in London.
Chronology of some appearances
1890 Brussels Théâtre de la
Monnaie
1891 Brussels Théâtre de la
Monnaie
1899 Paris Théâtre du Château
d’Eau Tristan und Isolde (King)
1900 Brussels Théâtre de la
Monnaie
1901 Brussels Théâtre de la
Monnaie
1902 Paris Théâtre du Château
d’Eau Götterdämmerung (Hagen)
1903-1907 Brussels Théâtre de
la Monnaie
1903 Monte Carlo Opera House
1908-1909 Monte Carlo Opera
House
1909-1910 New York Manhattan
Opera House
TRACKLIST
1. Faust (Gounod) Sérénade D17202
6647 Columbia, London 1915
2. Faust (Gounod): Le veau d’or
D8082 35821 Columbia, London 1915
3. Favorite (Donizetti) Prière
17572 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19051906
4. Hamlet (Thomas) Prière 17564
Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19051906
5. Hérodiade (Massenet) Scène de
Phannel D17202 6620 Columbia, London 1915
6. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Choral
17004 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1904
7. Huguenots (Meyerbeer)
Interrogatoire 3-32722 5069h G&T, Paris 1907
8. Juive (Halévy) Si la rigeur
(Cavatine) (w. chorus) 032068 583i (5083i) G&T, Paris 1907
9. La rêve passe (Krier) D8082
35819 Columbia, London 1915
10. L’homme et la mer (Flégier)
Edison
11. Reine de Saba (Gounod) Air
17566 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19051906
12. Reine de Saba (Gounod)
Cavatine 3-32719 5064h G&T, Paris 1907
13. Sigurd (Reyer) Au nom du roi
Gunther 3-32724 5067h G&T, Paris 1907
14. Zauberflöte (Mozart) Cavatine 17003 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1904
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