Jean-Baptiste Faure
Jean-Baptiste Faure (* 15. January 1830 in Moulins ; † 9. November 1914 in Paris ) was a French opera singer of the vocal range baritone , singing teacher and composer of songs .
Life
As a choirboy he sang at La Madeleine in Paris. He was trained as a singer as a student of Trévaux at the Paris Conservatory . He made his debut in 1852 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as "Pygmalion" in the opera Galathée by Victor Massé . He stayed there until 1860 and was then a member of the Paris Opera Association from 1861 to 1876 .
Faure taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1857 to 1860. He wrote two books on singing : La Voix et le Chant (1886) and Aux Jeunes Chanteurs (1898). He also composed songs that were released in two albums. The most famous songs are Crucifix and Les Rameaux .
literature
- Roger Parker: Illustrated history of the opera , Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01335-9 .
Web links
- Jean-Baptiste Faure at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Parker: Illustrated History of the Opera , p. 495.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Faure, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer bass, vocal teacher and composer of songs |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moulins |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1914 |
| Place of death | Paris |