Joseph-Henri Thibodeau

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Joseph-Henri Thibodeau (* around 1890, † after 1919) was a Canadian opera and operetta singer (tenor).

Little is known about Thibodeau's living conditions. He first appeared around 1915 with his brother Alphonse and his wife Yvonne Thibodeau. Roméo Beaudry brought him to New York as one of the first singers to record with Columbia Gramophone . In 1916 he took here a. a. La Légende du petit navire (by Edmond Missa ), Reviens (by Henri Christiné ), Élégie (by Jules Massenet ) and Rondel du cœur (by Robert Wittmann ).

In 1917 he became a member of the newly founded Société nationale d'opéra comique , at the same time he belonged to the Quatuor Octave-Pelletier , with whom he recorded twelve pieces at Columbia in 1918 . In April 1917 he sang as a soloist in Les Sept Paroles du Christ by Théodore Dubois in Montreal Cathedral . In 1919 he founded the Quatuor de Montréal with Hercule Lavoie , Ulysse Paquin and Émile Gour , which gave concerts in Dominion Park for two weeks .

In June 1918 Thibodeau appeared at the Monument National Theater in the operetta La Basoche , in November of the same year in Bizet's Carmen with Sarah Fischer and the Troupe canadienne d'opéra . In 1919 he had u. a. Appearances in Les dragons de Villars by Aimé Maillart at the Monument National , in Lakmé by Léo Delibes and in Werther by Massenet at the Théâtre Saint-Denis . Occasionally he also appeared with the Société canadienne d'opérette , a. a. next to José Delaquerrière in Strauss ' Gypsy Baron .

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SURNAME Thibodeau, Joseph-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1890
DATE OF DEATH after 1919