Paul Lhérie
Paul Lhérie (aka Paul Levy ; born October 8, 1844 in Paris ; † October 17, 1937 there ) was a French singer (tenor, later baritone) and music teacher.
Lhérie studied at the Paris Conservatory and made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1865 as Bénédict in Auber's opera L'ambassadrice . After disagreements with the management, he left the Opéra-Comique in 1868, but returned there after appearances in Marseille and at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1871 and performed successfully in several new operas by French composers, including La Princesse jaune by Camille Saint-Saëns , Don César de Bazan by Jules Massenet and Le Roi l'a dit by Léo Delibes .
For the premiere of Carmen , Georges Bizet insisted that the theater directors Adolphe de Leuven and Camille du Locle should cast Escamillo with Lhérie (instead of the originally planned Adolphe Duchesne ). The hoped-for great success of the performance with Célestine Galli-Marié did not materialize, however, primarily because of the tragic ending of the work, which is unusual in comic opera.
After the premiere of Carmen, Lhérie withdrew from Parisian musical life until the end of the 1870s. In the early 1880s he switched from tenor to baritone. Almost simultaneously, he sang the title role of Berlioz ' La damnation de Faust and the baritone role of Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas as tenor . In 1884 he appeared as Posa in Verdi's Don Carlo at Scala , in 1891 as Rabbi David in Pietro Mascagni's L'amico Fritz (with Emma Calvé ) and in 1894 in Monte Carlo as Gudleik in César Franck's Hulda .
Then Lhérie finished his stage career and taught at the Paris Conservatory. His students included Léon Rothier , David Devriès , Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur , Ginette Guillamat and Geneviève Vix . In 1932 he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur .
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- Karen Henson: Opera Acts: Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century , Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781316194171 , pp. 163-165
- Marisa Di Gregorio Casati, Franca Cella, Madina Ricordi (eds.): Carteggio Verdi-Ricordi, 1882-1885 , EDT srl, 1994, ISBN 9788885065116 , p. 148
- Oxford Reference - Paul Lhérie
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lhérie, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levy, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1937 |
| Place of death | Paris |