Jacques Bouet

1911–1980

Jacques Bouet as Cavaradossi

Bouet is the fourth from the right (Adriana Lecouvreur in Ghent)

Jacques Bouet singsHérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer
In RA format

Chronology minimum (1955–1960)


1955-56
Troupe du Théâtre Royal de Gand
25.01.56, premiere in Belgium, Adrienne Lecouvreur with Huberte Vecray 
(Adrienne), Rita Gorr (Princesse de Bouillon), Robert Derville (Michonnet),
Plumat (Prince de Bouillon), Stany Bert (Chazeuil)/ Luigi Martelli (conductor)
 
1956-57
Troupe du Théâtre Royal de Gand
19.10, revival, Manon Lescaut with Huberte Vecray (Manon Lescaut), Raymond Rossius 
(Lescaut)

1957-58
Troupe du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
02.10, 08.10, 01.11, 27.12, 29.01, 03.05 La Tosca 
29.10, 10.11, 10.01, 06.04, 13.04 Carmen 
03.11, 17.11, 08.12, 25.12, 14.03, 09.04 Paillasse 
04.01, 17.01, 02.02 Rigoletto 
25.02, 30.03, 11.06 Madame Butterfly 
30.04, 04.05, 07.05, 21.05, 07.06, 17.07  Boris Godounov 
17.05, world premiere in French, 19.05, 25.05, 06.06, 16.07 Don Juan de Manara
(role: Miguel Manara)

1958-59
Troupe du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
26.09, 09.10, 26.11, 29.03, 10.04, 24.05, 03.06 Madame Butterfly
03.10, 31.10, 26.12, 18.01, 03.04, 10.06 La Tosca 
26.10, 29.10, 04.12, 13.01, 01.02, 15.02, 22.02, 15.03 Boris Godounov 
02.11, 23.11, 03.01, 12.04, 31.05 (Mat) Carmen 
30.11, 06.03  Paillasse 
25.04, world premiere, 29.04, 10.05, 19.05, 31.05 (Ev.) Jeux de France, four French 
folklore scenes in form of a musical divertimento with choreography, music by René
 Defossez.

1959-60
Troupe du Théâtre Royal de Gand

Roles at Ghent/Gand (1955-57/59-60): Maurizio, Radames, Don José, Turiddu,
 Don Carlos, Pinkerton, des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Canio, Mario Cavaradossi

The above chronology covers the Belgian part of Bouet's career, but there must have been a French part to it, too: in 1952 and 1953, he sang a lot on the French radio; strangely, that's all I can find about Bouet's activity in France (strangely because he was French and obviously started his career there). In any case, his Belgian period must have been the peak of his career (in Ghent, he was part of the troupe of theater director Constant Meillander, the comparatively nondescript successor of legendary Vina Bovy and predecessor of equally legendary Karel Locufier).

Reference 1; reference 2

Source for the Cavaradossi picture: the fantastic collection of Claude-Pascal Perna.

I wish to thank Georges Cardol for the chronology and the recording.
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