Victor Warot
Victor Alexandre Joseph Warot (born September 18, 1834 in Verviers , Liège province ; † April 1906 in Bois-Colombes , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a Belgian singing teacher and opera singer (tenor), who was primarily a Wagner - and Meyerbeer - Interpreter became known.
Life
Warot received his first artistic lessons from his father. With his support, Warot later came to Paris , where he became a student of Jules Alary (1814-1891). Warot made his successful debut as a lyric tenor in 1858 when he was able to take part in Armand Limnander's opera “The Montenegrins” at the Opéra-Comique (Paris) .
On May 7, 1860, he sang the part of Beppe in the world premiere of the Donizetti opera Rita ou Le Mari battu, which he had left behind. From 1861 to 1868 he was part of the ensemble of the Opéra National de Paris , where he sang Vasco da Gama in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Die Afrikanerin .
1868–69 and 1870–74 he was engaged at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels , where he also turned to dramatic roles. After 1888 he worked as a singing teacher at the Conservatoire National in Paris. He was the author of the textbook Bréviaire du chanteur .
roll
- Teobaldo - La mule de Pedro ( Victor Massé )
- Don Alvaro - The African Woman (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
- Don Ottavio - Don Giovanni ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Comte Ory - Le comte Ory ( Gioacchino Rossini )
- Henri - The Sicilian Vespers ( Giuseppe Verdi )
- Masaniello- The Mute of Portici ( Daniel-François-Esprit Auber )
- Riccardo - A Masked Ball (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Manrico - The Troubadour (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Erik - The Flying Dutchman (Richard Wagner)
- Tannhäuser - Tannhäuser and the Singers' War on Wartburg (Richard Wagner)
- Raoul - The Huguenots (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
- Eléazar - The Jewess ( Jacques Fromental Halévy )
- Jan van Leiden - The Prophet (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
Student (selection)
- Lucienne Bréval (1869-1935)
- Edmond Clément (1867-1928)
- Fernand Gautier
- Jeanne Hatto (1879-1958)
- Lina Pacary (1868 – after 1910)
literature
- Robert Letellier (Ed.): The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vol. 4: The last years. 1857-1864 . Fairleigh Dickinson UP, Madison, NJ 2004, ISBN 0-8386-3845-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Letellier (2004), p. 109.
- ^ Victor Warot at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warot, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warot, Victor Alexandre Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian singing teacher and opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verviers , Liege Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1906 |
| Place of death | Bois-Colombes , Hauts-de-Seine department |