Emmanuel Lafarge
July 8, 1862 Paris – 1911
After studies at the Paris Conservatory, Lafarge made his debut in 1889 at the Opera of Rouen.
Rouen
Season 1889/90
Les pêcheurs de perles on December 17, 1889 with Mondaud, Ferran, Panseron
Samson et Dalila on March 3, 1890 (French premiere) with Mondaud, Ferran, Bossy (total 17)
Le vénitien (by Albert Cahen) on April 14, 1890 with Mondaud, Vérin, Dolleon, Schmidt, Fouquet, Bossy, Dupont (total 8)
La coupe et les lèvres (by Ernest d'Hervilly) on May 3, 1890 with Dolleon, Ferran, Panseron, Fouquet
La Monnaie
Season 1890/1: The other tenors were Dupeyron, Delmas, Isouar, Fromant, Stéphane, Gillon. On January 12, 1891 he sang Siegfried
with Bouvet, Isouard, Badiali, Verin, Mlle Langlois, Mlle Morelli, Mlle Carrère for a total of 12 performances.
Season 1891/2 : The other tenors were Dupeyron, Leprestre, Isouar, St&eacue;phane, Barbary-Gillon./
In 1892, he toured the USA with the Mauge Management Company. The company included:
Messrs. Raynaud, Gluck, Contellier, Chauvrau, Dethurens, Malzac, Hourdin, Darval and Mmes. Schwyer-Lematte, Jau Boyer, Monnier,
Bondues, Lita, Nazat, Urbain, Lea, Santi.
He also sang in Lyon.
Holland
's-Gravenhage, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Samson et Dalila on December 8, 1894 (sharing with Renault, who sang the premiere, and Selrack)
with Chais, Faber, Talazac, De Bock, Azéma, Augier-Diany, Elvéda
Boyer and Joseph Mertens
During the 1894-95 season, he sang at La Scala Sigurd and Samson et Dalila.
Sigurd, on December 26, 1894 with Adini, Dassi, Lorrain, Lublovska, Riera, Vallier for a total of 7 perfomances
Pompeo Cambiasi describes him as buono.
Samson et Dalila, on January 17, 1895 with Lorrain, Riera, Vidal for a total of 15 performances
Pompeo Cambiasi describes his performance as buonissimo.
On July 31, 1896, he made his debut at the Paris Opéra as Siegmund, then he sang Samson.
He had a successful career in the French provinces, mainly in the Wagnerian repertoire (Tristan, Siegfried).
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
In RA format
In RA format
Discography
Lioret Cylinders, 1896-01
Joseph: Vainement Pharaon ... Champs paternels
La Juive: Rachel quand du Seigneur (2 versions)
Robert le diable: O fortune, à ton caprice
Lakmé: Grand air
Il trovatore: Dieu que ma voix implore
Roméo et Juliette: Ange adorable with Mademoiselle Defodan
Aida: O céleste Aïda
Lohengrin: O mon cher cygne
Siegfried: Nothung! Nothung!
Stances
Berliner, 1900
1128G Sigurd: La vièrge au pâle sourire 32875
1129G Guido et Guiédra: Quand renaître la pâle aurore 32878
1130G Pour mon pays 32873
1131G Cavalleria rusticana: Sicilienne 32876
1132G Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer 32877
1187G Roland à Ronceveaux: Superbes Pyrenées 32740
1188G Si j'étais jardinier des cieux 32739
1189G La patrie: Air 32738
1190G Le rêve 32874
1191G Le pré aux clercs: O ma tender amie 32736
1192G La coupe et les lèvres: Fatigué de la route 32737
1263G Lohengrin: L'entrée du cygne 32869
1264G Dormir et rêver 32868
1265G Le Cid: O noble lame 32944
1266G La sérénité 32870
1267G Dormi pure 32943
1268G La sérénade du passant 32942
I wish to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording (Sigurd).
I like to thank Christian Torrent for the picture of Lafarge.
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