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in 1847 Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' under the direction of Joël-Marie Fauquet, Fayard, Paris, 2003, 1406 p. . and made his début at the

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on 22 June 1848 in Donizetti's '' La Fille du régiment''. Theodore Baker and

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, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995, 4728 p. . Noticed by Halévy, he successfully created the character of the old goatherd on 11 November 1848 in '' Le val d'Andorre''. On May 18, 1849, he triumphed again in Adam's '' Le Toréador''. He was appreciated both for his "beautiful round, full, well timbred, flattering and caressing voice sometimes, energetic and powerful in other cases" and for his acting. Definitely launched, he premiered many roles including Atalmuc in Halévy's ''La Fée aux roses'' (1849), Falstaff in Adam's ''Songe d’une nuit d’été'' (1850), Roskaw in Halévy's ''La Dame de pique'' (1850), Mathéus in

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'' (1855), Gédéon in Adam's ''Le Houzard de Berchini''''Le Houzard de Berchini''
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'' (1860). He returned to the

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and ended his career in 1863. Appointed professor at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1851, he was the author of a two-volume singing textbook : ''I. Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation'' (1861) and ''II. De la physiologie appliquée au mécanisme du chant'' (1863). In 1870, he was appointed sub-prefect in

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, where he distinguished himself during an epidemic of smallpox by going to treat the sick himself. He died in 1872 in Paris at the age of 49.

Main roles premiered by Battaille at the Opéra-Comique

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Bibliography

* Theodore Baker and

Nicolas Slonimsky Nicolas Slonimsky ( – December 25, 1995), born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy (russian: Никола́й Леони́дович Сло́нимский), was a Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer. B ...

, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens'', translated from American by Marie-Stella Pâris, adapted and expanded by

Alain Pâris Alain Pâris (born 22 November 1947) is a French conductor and musicologist. Biography Born in Paris, Alain Pâris was trained as a pianist and has a law degree. He studied conducting with Pierre Dervaux, Paul Paray and Georg Solti and won the ...

, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995, 4728 p. * François-Joseph Fétis and Arthur Pougin, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : Supplément et complément'', vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878, Read online
/small> * Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' under the direction of Joël-Marie Fauquet, Fayard, Paris, 2003, 1406 p.

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Charles-Amable Battaille
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Main roles premiered by Battaille at the Opéra-Comique

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