Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Oct 16, 2024

FRENCH BARITONE GUSTAVE HUBERDEAU (1874-1945) CDR

 



GUSTAVE HUBERDEAU (PARIS, FRANCE, 10 MAY, 1874 – BRAIN-SUR-L’AUTHION, FRANCE, 31 MAY, 1945)

 

 

 

He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made his debut in 1898 at the Paris Opéra-Comique. On February 2, 1900, he appeared there in the premiere of Louise by Gustave Charpentier, on April 11, 1900, in Le Juif polonais by Camille Erlanger, on November 20, 1901, in Grisélidis by Massenet, on July 16, 1902, in La Carmélite by Reynaldo Hahn, and on March 16, 1904, in La fille de Roland by Henri Rabaud. Until 1908, he was a member of the ensemble at the Opéra-Comique.

From 1908 to 1911, he achieved significant success at the Manhattan Opera House in New York. In the 1919-1920 season, he was heard at the Beecham Opera in London, performing as Méphistophélès in Faust, Ramfis in Aida, Colline in La Bohème, and, in 1919, as Il Cieco in the English premiere of Pietro Mascagni’s Iris. During the 1920s, he made guest appearances in Nice, Monte Carlo, Vichy, Brussels, Paris, and Amsterdam, where he performed the role of Arkel in the Dutch premiere of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande (1924). He also sang the role of Zuniga in Carmen and performed in concerts.

In addition to his operatic career, he appeared in several silent and sound films in character roles.

 

 

TRACKLIST


 

1. Barbe-Bleue Le Theatre de Bob et Bobette (d’apres Perrault) Acte I – Le Depart (Zimmermann) with S. Feyrou Columbia DF 689 WL 3277

2. Barbe-Bleue Le Theatre de Bob et Bobette (d’apres Perrault) Acte II – Le Retsur (Zimmermann) with S. Feyrou Columbia DF 689 WL 3279

3. Elégie (Massenet) 59076 Pathé, New York 1919

4. Faust (Gounod) Scene de l’eglise with A. Laute-Brun BA 27122 Edison 4-min cylinders, Paris 1911

5. Le Lion et le Rat (Groffe-Zimmermann-Valsien) with Adrien Lamy Decca G-20636 B

6. Le Loup devenu Berger (Groffe-Zimmermann-Valsien) with Suzy Vinker Decca G-20634 A

7. Le Loup et la Cigogne (Groffe-Zimmermann-Valsien) with Suzy Vinker Decca G-20636 A

8. Le Petit chaperon rouge Chez la grand-mère (Zimmermann) with Villemur, Lamy and Myral Columbia DF684 L3269

9. Le Petit chaperon rouge Dans les bois (Zimmermann) with Villemur, Lamy, Leu and Myral Columbia DF684 L3268

10. Le Petit Poucet La maison de l’ogre (Zimmermann) with Bara and Myral Columbia DF685 L3270

11. Le Petit Poucet Le palais du roi (Zimmermann) with Leu, Bara and Myral Columbia DF685 L3272

12. Les Animaux malades de la Peste (Groffe-Zimmermann-Valsien) with Edmond Tirmont Decca G-20632 B

13. Les deux grenadiers (Schumann) 17011 BA 27151 Edison 4-min cylinders, Paris 1910

14. Les deux grenadiers (Schumann) 59076 Pathé, New York 1919


FRENCH BARITONE GUSTAVE HUBERDEAU (1874-1945) CDR

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