Maurice Capitaine
born 12 December 1885 Bayonne
Opéra-Comique
He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique on October 22, 1911 in Le voile du bonheur as Tou-Fou.
He also took part in the world premiere of Julien as un Bûcheron/un Bohème/un Camarade on June 4, 1913. At the Opéra-Comique,
he also appeared in le Barbier de Séville (Almaviva), Carmen (don José), Fortunio (Fortunio), Lakmé (Gérald),
Louise (le Noctambule), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Mireille (Vincent), le Pardon de Ploërmel (Corentin),
la Bohème (Rodolphe) and Werther (Werther).
1911
Le voile du bonheur on October 22 with Périer, Azéma, Cazeneuve, Laure, Belhomme, de Poumayrac,
Mme Lucy Vauthrin
Mignon on December 3 with Mme Brohly, Mme Nicot-Vauchelet, de Creus, Azéma
1912
Mignon on January 5 with Mme Billa-Azéma, Mme Tiphaine, Mme de Poumayrac, de Creus, Azéma, Gourdon, Dupré
Le pardon de Ploërmel on March 16 with Mme Nicot-Vauchelet, Albers, Mme Lucy Vauthrin, Thévenet, Florents, Guillamat, Vezzani, Mesmaecker, Ruhlmann
Lakmé on April 27 at the Trocadéro with Azéma, Vigneau, Donval, Berthe Mendès, Mme Billa-Azéma, Mme Villette, Mme Ganteri, Mme de Poumayrac, Picheran
1913
Mignon on March 8 at the Trocadéro with Mme Mathieu-Lutz, Mme Tiphaine, Cazeneuve, Azéma
Julien on June 4 with Charles Rousselière, Marguerite Carré,
Raymond Boulogne, Andal, Maurice Cazeneuve,
Georges-Louis Mesmaecker, Éloi de Roqueblave, Berthe Marietti,
Daburon, Pla, Marguerite Julliot, Eugène de Creus, Ernest Dupré,
Donval, Pasquier, Corbière, Pierre Deloger, Madeleine Ménard,
Le Fontenay, Germaine Gallot, Germaine Philippot, Cécilie Thévenet, Alavoine, Marie Tissier, Marie-Louise Arné, Germaine Carrière, Jeanne Calas, Marguerite Villette, Marini, Reynald, Pesier and Albert Wolff.
Ghent
Season 1923/4
Discography
Gramophone, Paris 1914-05-16
02964v Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Au fond du temple saint (w. Lestelly) 034203, W326
Pathé, Paris 1918?
2447 Dame blanche (Boïeldieu): Ah, quekl plaisir d'être soldat, pt 1 0227
2448 Dame blanche (Boïeldieu): Ah, quekl plaisir d'être soldat, pt 2 0227
2449 Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam): Ronde du Postillon 0228
2450 Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam): Romance de la tourterelle 0228
Lalla Roukh (David): Ma maîtresse a quitté la tente 0229
Fanchonnette (Clapisson): Romance 0229
2457 Dame blanche (Boïeldieu): Cavatine, pt 1 0230
2460 Dame blanche (Boïeldieu): Cavatine, pt 2 0230
2456 Fille du régiment (Donizetti): Pour me rapprocher de Marie 0231
2462 Pré aux clercs (Hérold): Ce jour j'arrive donc 0231
Reference for the discography: the excellent but alas defunct 78opera website.
Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans of Lalla Roukh and La fanchonnette.
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