Edmond Duvernoy
Edmond Duvernoy (born June 16, 1844 in Paris ; † January 12, 1927 there ) was a French opera singer ( baritone ) and singing teacher .
Life
Edmond Duvernoy was trained by his father, the singer Charles-François Duvernoy . In 1872 he made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in the role of Mercutio in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette . In 1875 he sang the role of Moralès in the world premiere of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen .
At a private performance of Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann in his apartment in 1879, he accompanied his wife, also an opera singer who had taken on the leading female roles, at the piano.
From 1887 to 1910 Duvernoy was singing professor at the Conservatoire de Paris . His students included u. a. the sopranos Aino Ackté, Antoniette Laute-Brun and Anna Edström.
Well-known students of Edmond Duvernoy were Agustarello Affre , José Delaquerrière , Pauline Donalda , Oskar Braun and Hariclea Darclée , Puccini's Tosca of the world premiere (1900).
literature
- Pierre Key's international music year book . Pierre Key, New York 1928.
- Brigitte Labat-Poussin, Jean Favier: Archives du theater national de l'opera. Inventory . Archives Nationales, Paris 1977.
- Jeb H. Perry: Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety. 1905-1988 . Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1980.
- Karl Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Anniversary edition . With the participation of Hansjörg Rost. Vol. 2. Saur, Bern / Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11419-2 , pp. 984f.
Remarks
- ↑ According to other information in the literature, he died in December 1926.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Duvernoy, Edmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (baritone) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1927 |
| Place of death | Paris |