Léon Rothier
Léon Rothier (born December 26, 1874 in Reims , † December 6, 1951 in New York City ) was a French violinist and opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Rothier began his musical career as a violinist in the orchestra in his hometown. He then studied singing at the Conservatoire de Paris with Paul Lhérie and made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1899 as Jupiter in Philémon et Baucis by Charles Gounod . He stayed at the Opéra-Comique until 1907, where he appeared in the world premieres of Gustave Charpentier's Louise and Camille Erlanger's Le Juif Polonais . From 1907 he worked in Marseille and Nice and other opera houses in the French province as well as at the Monte Carlo Opera House.
In 1910 he was engaged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, with which he remained connected for thirty years. He appeared here in premieres of Paul Dukas ' opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (1911), Mussorgski's Boris Godunow (1913), Édouard Lalo's Le roi d'Ys (1922), Albert Wolff's L'Oiseau blue (1920) and Deems Taylor's Peter Ibbetson (1931) with. Between 1918 and 1931 he also had guest appearances at the San Francisco Opera and he also sang at the Ravinia Summer Opera near Chicago. In 1949 he sang in New York Town Hall . Rothier was married to the soprano Mariette Mazarin in his first marriage and to the alto Maria Duchêne in his second marriage .
Web links
- Léon Rothier at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Forgotten Opera Singers Léon Rothier (bass)
- Naxos - Léon Rothier
- Léon Rothier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rothier, Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French violinist and opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reims |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1951 |
| Place of death | New York City |