Albert Roberval

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Albert Roberval (born October 23, 1869 in Florence , † October 4, 1941 in Montreal ) was a Canadian opera singer (tenor), conductor, theater director and vocal teacher.

Roberval studied harmony with Jules Massenet , counterpoint and fugue with Charles René , singing with Paul Lhérie and also took piano and organ lessons in Paris . He began his musical career as a singer, but turned to conducting on the advice of Massenet and conducted three of his operas at the Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux.

In 1905 he came to Montreal and worked there at the Théâtre français . From 1907 to 1909 he was choirmaster for the Manhattan Opera Company in New York and assistant to the conductor Cleofonte Campanini , after which he directed the Théâtre du Gymnase in Marseille until 1913 . After his military service he lived in Montreal from 1916 as a conductor and music teacher. In 1923 he received Canadian citizenship.

With his wife Jeanne Maubourg , Roberval ran a music school where opera singers such as Pierrette Alarie , Fleurette Beauchamp , Léonide Letourneux , Henri Prieur and Honoré Vaillancourt studied. He conducted and staged various opera performances, directed the Société canadienne d'opérette from 1923-24 , worked as a conductor for the radio and also appeared as an actor. In 1938 he conducted and staged a performance of Xavier Leroux 's opera Évangéline (based on the poem by Longfellow ).

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SURNAME Roberval, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian opera singer (tenor), conductor, theater director and vocal teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1941
Place of death Montreal