Charles Rousselière
Charles Rousselière (born January 17, 1875 in Saint-Nazaire , † May 11, 1950 in Joué-lès-Tours ) was a French opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Charles Rousselière learned the craft of a blacksmith and then studied singing with Albert Vaguet at the Conservatoire de Paris . There he was awarded the Prix du Conservatoire in the singing category in 1900 . In the same year he made his debut as Samson in Samson et Dalila at the Paris Opera . In 1901 he sang there in the world premiere of the Saint Saëns opera Les barbaren . Rousselière remained an ensemble member at the Paris Opera until 1905. Until 1919 he was often seen in the Opéra de Monaco , where he sang in u. a. in the world premiere of Pietro Mascagni's Amica as Giorgio (1905). In 1906 Rousselière went to the Met in New York, where he made his debut alongside Geraldine Farrar in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette . After his return to France he turned to hero tenor games, including the title roles in Otello , Lohengrin , Siegfried and Parsifal .
Web links
- Charles Rousselière at Operissimo on the basis of the great lexicon of singers
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susana Salgado: The Teatro Solís . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown CN 2003, ISBN 0-8195-6593-8 , p. 130.
- ↑ Jürgen Kesting : The great singers , Volume 2. Claassen, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-546-45387-5 , p. 1064f.
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| SURNAME | Rousselière, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Nazaire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1950 |
| Place of death | Joué-lès-Tours |