Léon Escalaïs
I would like to thank Serge Escalaïs for the recordings (Sigurd, Otello). Sardanapale – Paris, Théâtre du Chateau d'Eau, 7 December 1882 (concert of excerpts) Guillaume Tell – Paris, Opéra, 12 October 1883 La Juive – Paris, Opéra, 28 December 1883 Robert le diable – Paris, Opéra, 5 May 1884 Les huguenots – Paris, Opéra, 8 September 1884 L'Africaine – Paris, Opéra, 21 August 1885 Sigurd – Paris, Opéra, 7 September 1885 Zaïre – Paris, Opéra, 28 May 1890 Le mage – Paris, Opéra, 1891 (after March 16) Samson et Dalila – Marseille, Grand Théâtre, 15 January 1895 Salammbô (Shahababurim) – Marseille, Grand Théâtre, 5 February 1895 Le prophète – Marseille, Grand Théâtre It has not been confirmed yet that he sang it in Marseille for the first time, however he sang it in other places Messaline – Marseille, Grand Théâtre, 18 December 1903 Le trouvère – Marseille, Grand Théâtre, 1904 Le roi de Lahore – Marseille, Grand Théâtre, 4 April 1905 Aida – Paris, Opéra, 21 December 1908 References: Odeon 500-1-2 L'Age d'Or de l'Opéra de Paris (Il trovatore) OASI 597 (2 records) Recital Preiser CO 426 Recital Rococo 5278 Recital TAP 303 20 Tenors (Samson et Dalila) TAP 314 20 Verdi Operas (Jérusalem) TAP 317 20 Great French Singers (L'Africaine) TAP 326 Stars of La Scala (Il trovatore) TAP 328 3 Melodists of Italian Opera (Guillaume Tell) TAP 333 20 Di quella pira Eterna 707 Rossini Recital (Guillaume Tell trio with Luppi and Magini-Coletti) Eterna 708 Famous French Tenors (Il trovatore) IRCC 7012 (10") I lombardi and Otello EB 14 Robert le diable (other singers Vignas, Anselmi) EB 53 Il trovatore, Samson et Dalila, L'Africaine Symposium 1128 (The Harold Wayne Collection, volume 15, with recordings by Victor Maurel and Felia Litvinne) I wish to thank Alfred de Cock for the LP discography. |