Louis Émile Wartel (31 March 1834,

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François Wartel Pierre-François Wartel (born Versailles, 3 April 1806; died Paris 3 August 1882) was a French tenor and music educator. His wife was Thérèse Wartel, a talented pianist, and their son Émile was a bass who sang and created several operatic ro ...

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Thérèse Wartel Atala Thérèse Annette Wartel, née Adrien (2 July 1814 – 6 November 1865), was a French pianist, music educator, composer and critic.Fétis F.-J.: ''Biographie universelle des musiciens'', vol. 2 (Paris, 1878). Biography Born in Paris, Thér� ...

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Life and career

Wartel was an established singer at the

Théâtre Lyrique The Théâtre Lyrique was one of four opera companies performing in Paris during the middle of the 19th century (the other three being the Opéra, the Opéra-Comique, and the Théâtre-Italien). The company was founded in 1847 as the Opéra-N ...

in Paris from 1858 until 1868, creating many

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roles in new operas premiered there. Walsh TJ. ''Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870.'' John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. . His repertoire was:
1858 *Valère in ''

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'' (premiere) *Bartholo in '' Les noces de Figaro'' *Lysandre in ''L'agneau de Chloé'' (premiere) *Gambara in ''Le harpe d'or'' (premiere) 1859 *Omar in '' Abou Hassan'' *l’Agent de Cardinal Mazarin in ''Les petits violons du roi'' (premiere) 1860 *le Docteur Sangrado in ''Gil Blas'' (premiere) *le Marquis de Panillac in ''Les valets de Gascogne'' (premiere) *Père Richard in ''L'auberge des Ardennes'' (premiere) *Monsieur Oronte in ''Crispin, rival de son maitre'' (premiere) *le Capitaine Barbagallo in ''Les pêcheurs de Catane'' (premiere) 1861 *Magnus and Astaroth in ''Astaroth'' (premiere) *Monsieur d’Assonvilliers in ''Madame Grégoire'' (premiere) *Badroulboudour in ''Les deux cadis'' (premiere) *Kaloum in ''

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'' (premiere) *le Marquis in ''Le café du roi'' *Placidus in ''La nuit aux gondoles'' (premiere) *Don Gregorio in ''Le tête enchantée'' (premiere) 1862 *Utobal in ''

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'' *l'Ogre de la forêt in ''La chatte merveilleuse'' (premiere) 1863 *Don Armado in '' Peines d'amours perdues'' *Sparafucile in ''

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'' 1864 *Ambroise in ''

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'' (premiere) *Le baron in '' Violetta'' *Le docteur in ''Le cousin Babylas'' (premiere) 1865 *Candaule in ''Le roi Candaule'' (premiere) *Le bourgmestre in '' Lisbeth ou la Cinquantaine'' *Lord Tristan in ''

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'' 1866 *Ford in '' Les joyeuses commères de Windsor'' *Van Daff in ''Les dragées de Suzette'' (premiere) 1867 *le Duc de Vérone in '' Roméo et Juliette'' (premiere) *Simon Glover in ''

La jolie fille de Perth ''La jolie fille de Perth'' (''The Fair Maid of Perth'') is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the 1828 novel ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' by Sir Walt ...

'' (premiere) 1868 *Pandolphe in ''

L'irato ''L'irato, ou L'emporté'' (''The Angry Man'') is an ''opéra-comique'' (styled an ''opéra parade'') in one act by the French composer Étienne Méhul with a French-language libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier. It was first performed at the Th� ...

'' *Toby in ''Le brasseur de Preston''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wartel, Emile 1834 births 1907 deaths French operatic baritones Singers from Paris 19th-century French male opera singers Voice teachers