Auguste Gonguet

Gonguet in Gwendoline by Chabrier

Comprimario tenor. At the Paris Opéra from 1900 until at least 1923. He sang mostly really tiny roles like Pâris in Roméo et Juliette or the First Peasant in Pagliacci, but occasionally also Cassio, the Messenger in Aida, Melot or even Ruodi.

Reference: www.artlyriquefr.fr (defunct)
Picture source: Musica, June 1911

Auguste Gonguet singsFaust: Ne permettrez-vous pas, with Paule Marelly and Armand Narçon
Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the recording with label scans.
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