Jean-Alexandre Talazac
Jean-Alexandre Talazac (born May 6, 1851 in Bordeaux ; died December 26, 1896 in Chatou ) was a French opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
As a student at the Bordeaux Conservatory, Jean-Alexandre Talazac won a concours for a place at the Paris Conservatory . In 1877 he made his stage debut at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. In 1878 his great career began at the Opéra-Comique . On February 10, 1881, he sang the title role in the posthumous world premiere of Hoffmann's stories . On April 14, 1883, he sang the male lead alongside Marie van Zandt in the world premiere of Lakmé by Léo Delibes . At the side of Marie Heilbronn followed on January 19, 1884 the world premiere of Manon by Jules Massenet , together with her he also designed the posthumous world premiere of Victor Massé's Une Nuit de Cléopâtre in 1885 . Another participation in a world premiere was in 1888 in Édouard Lalo's Le roi d'Ys . The Paris premiere of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1890 was important. Talazac brought the baritone Arthur Cobalet, also from Bordeaux, to the Opéra-Comique. His wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle, gave up her stage career after their marriage in 1880. One daughter, Odette Talazac , became a theater and film actress.
Talazac was a guest in Monte Carlo in 1883 and between 1887 and 1889, and in Lisbon in 1887 at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos . In 1889, he sang at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and gave in London in Covent Garden Opera to Alfredo , the fist and the nadir .
Talazac was also active as a concert singer .
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large Singer Lexicon , 3rd edition; deGruyter Saur, Berlin 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Alexandre Talazac in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The life dates are given differently. The information here follows the BnF , Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ↑ a b c Karl Josef Kutsch; Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon , Berlin 2000, p. 23862 f
- ↑ Odette Talazac (1883–1948) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Talazac, Jean-Alexandre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (tenor) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1851 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1896 |
Place of death | Chatou |