Damase DuBuisson

Damase DuBuisson

Damase DuBuisson (aka Damase Champagne ) (* 1879 in Québec ; † February 1945 in Montreal ) was a Canadian actor and singer .

Champagne married the singer Blanche Fournier in 1898 . Both began their professional careers under the common stage name DuBuisson in 1899 in the concert café Eldorado in Montreal. 1900–1901 she appeared in Sohmer Park under the direction of Ernest Lavigne in operetta productions such as Carmen , Les cloches de Corneville and La mascotte . During this time they made two tours to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon with the company of Henri Miro .

Subsequently, DuBuisson performed at the Bijou théâtre in Vaudevilles with Albert Roberval , Louis Vérande and Lucien Boyer . In 1903 the couple returned to Québec, and both took part in operettas with Rose Delyus , Juana Laviolette and Victor Occellier and played at the Théâtre national and the Théâtre Les Nouveautés .

In 1906 DuBuisson founded the Cinéma Oumetoscope with Ernest Ouimet , and two years later he opened the Nationascope cinema theater . In 1909 the couple went back to Montreal, where both performed at the Théâtre Les Nouveautés . This was followed by tours with Albert Roberval , Albert Duquesne , Paul Coutlée and Elzéar Hamel , and at the Théâtre canadien-français DuBuisson participated in a series of operettas with Jeanne Maubourg , Simone Rivière , Armand Robi and Hector Pellerin .

From 1911 to 1915 he was Artistic Director of Nationascope , and in 1916, at the suggestion of Roméo Beaudry, he recorded fourteen tracks on Columbia Records in New York, including coffeehouse songs and compositions by Almar Perrault . Another ten recordings were made in 1926 on the Starr label .

In the 1930s DuBuisson worked alongside his wife in some radio soaps such as Le curé de village by Robert Choquette . In total, he appeared in more than 800 plays, comedies and operettas during his career.

Web links

• Library and Archives Canada - The Virtual Gramophon - Damase DuBuisson