Pierre Cornubert
I wish to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording (Africaine). Born in 1863, studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Debut in 1887 at the Opéra-Comique in Le châlet as Daniel. Madame Turlupin, Opéra-Comique, on 5 March 1888 as Olivier and in the curtain raiser Dimanche et lundi as Lucas. L'enclume, Opéra-Comique, 12 October 1888 as Vincent. Esclarmonde, Opéra, 14 May 1889, as Héraut byzantin. Werther, Opéra-Comique, 18 January 1894, as Werther. Rouen Théâtre des Arts, 1892–1893 as light tenor; 1897–1898 and 1902–1903 as heroic tenor. Sang there on 25 February 1893 in Brocéliande, on 22 December 1897 in Moïna, on 18 March 1898 in Ascanio, on 17 December 1902 in La bohème (Leoncavallo). Among other roles, he sang Wilhelm Meister, Tannhäuser and so on. Marseille 1894–95, 1901–02. He sang in the first local performances of Werther and L'attaque du moulin and in the premiere of La belle au bois dormant on 7 January 1902. Samson et Dalila, November 1901 ... un vero trionfo .... Rivista Teatrale Melodrammatica, 18 November 1901 Milano, Teatro Lirico, 25 October 1900 in Andrea Chénier with Sammarco and Eva Tetrazzini. He also appeared in Guglielmo Ratcliff at the same theater. Nice, Louise, 1901 Mexico, 1899 as Canio, Otello and Andrea Chénier. Warsaw Les huguenots (in Italian), on 3 January 1901 with Bianchini-Cappelli Pagliacci, on 10 January 1901 with Sammarco, Lina Cavalieri, Garski Otello, on 11/12? January with Bianchini-Cappelli, Sammarco Aida in January 1901 with Bianchini-Cappelli Il trovatore, on 26 January 1901 with Bianchini-Cappelli L'Africaine, on 6 February 1901 with Sammarco La Gioconda, on 12 February 1901 with Sammarco, Medea Borelli/Bianchini-Cappelli, Didur, Aranda-Didur, Podesti Concert (Commemorazione Verdi), 1 February 1901 with Sammarco New York, Metropolitan Opera, debut on 24 February 1900 in L'Africaine, 5 March 1900 as Roméo, 10 March 1900 as Raoul. London, Covent Garden with the San Carlo Opera as Canio (22 November 1904) and Don José (21 November 1904). Not much else is known. He was appointed professor at the Paris Conservatory on 16 October 1919. He died on 27 June 1922. Fonotipia, Paris, May 1905 xPh 630 Sigurd (Reyer): Hilda! Vierge au pâle sourire 39276 xPh 633 Die Walküre (Wagner): L'âpre hiver 39279 xPh 634-2 Werther (Massenet): Pourquoi me réveiller Odeon 56046 xPh 637 Les huguenots (Meyerbeer): Sous le beau ciel Odeon 56047 xPh 638-2 L'Africaine (Meyerbeer): Ô paradis 39278 xPh 639 Manon (Massenet): Ah, fuyez 39277 xPh 647 Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Salut, tombeau 39274 xPh 648 Les huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus blanche 39275 Ultima, Paris, about 1909 165 La lisette 175 C'est mon ami (Weckerlin) 175, Apollon 175, Arya 313 176 Plaisir d'amour (Martini) 176, Apollon 176, Arya 313 320 Ouvre tes yeux bleus (Massenet) 320, Arya 102 321 La chanson du baiser (de Lara) 321, Arya 102 322 Ton sourire (Catherine) (w. Azéma) 322, Arya Super 322, Arya 314 Edison, two-minute cylinders, Paris, September (?) 1908 18070 La dame blanche (Boieldieu): Ah, quel plaisir 18070 18081 Il trovatore (Verdi): Dieu que ma voix implore 18081 |