Raymond Jean-Baptiste Ernest Carbonne (30 July 1860 in Toulouse – 1924) was a French

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

and stage director who had a long association with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Life and career

Carbonne studied at the , gaining first prizes in opéra comique and acting in 1887.Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895. He was a pupil of Achard and Bax at the Paris Conservatoire, winning first prize for opéra comique in 1889. He made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 15 January 1890 as Sylvain in ''

les Dragons de Villars ''Les dragons de Villars'' (''The Dragoons of Villars'') is an opéra-comique in three acts by Aimé Maillart to a libretto by Lockroy and Eugène Cormon. The story of the opera was said to have been borrowed from ''La Petite Fadette'' by George ...

'' and went on to sing many roles there. He created roles in '' La Basoche'', ''La Carmélite'', '' Louise'', ''

La reine Fiammette ''La reine Fiammette'' is an opera in four acts by composer Xavier Leroux. The opera uses a French language libretto by Catulle Mendès which is based on Mendès's 1898 work of the same name, a ''conte dramatique'' in six acts set in Renaissance It ...

'', as well as appearing in the Paris premieres of '' Le jongleur de Notre Dame'', ''

Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays '' Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...

'' and '' La Navarraise''. Other roles included Steersman in ''

The Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dut ...

'', Évandre in '' Alceste'', Almaviva in ''

The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based ...

'', Birotteau in ''Le Caïd'', Dickson in ''

La dame blanche ''La dame blanche'' ( English: ''The White Lady'') is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and is based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Sc ...

'', Daniel in '' Le chalet'', Horace in ''

Le domino noir ''Le domino noir'' (''The Black Domino'') is an '' opéra comique'' by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed on 2 December 1837 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse in Paris.Wild and Charlton (2005), p. 226. The lib ...

'', Lorenzo in ''

Fra Diavolo Fra Diavolo (lit. Brother Devil; 7 April 1771–11 November 1806), is the popular name given to Michele Pezza, a famous guerrilla leader who resisted the French occupation of Naples, proving an "inspirational practitioner of popular insurrect ...

'', Vincent in ''

Mireille Mireille () is a French given name, derived from the Provençal Occitan name ''Mirèio'' (or ''Mirèlha'' in the classical norm of Occitan, ). It could be related to the Occitan verb ''mirar'' "to look, to admire" or to the given names ''Miriam'' ...

'', Nicias in ''Phryné'', Benoit in ''

Le roi l’a dit ''Le roi l'a dit'' (''The King Has Spoken'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet. It is a lively comedy, remarkably requiring 14 singers – six men and eight women.MacDonald H. "Le roi l'a di ...

'', Tricolin in ''

Le toréador ''Le toréador, ou L'accord parfait'' (''The Toreador, or The Perfect Agreement'') is an ''opéra comique'' in two acts by the French composer Adolphe Adam with a libretto by Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage. It was first performed at the Opéra-Co ...

'', and the count in '' La traviata''.Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900-1950).'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953. From 1906 to 1913, and from 1919 to 1922, Carbonne was ‘directeur de la scene’ at the Opéra-Comique, responsible among other productions for the premiere of Ravel's '' L’heure espagnole''. In 1911 Carbonne became the inaugural head of the 'Amicale des Régisseurs de Théâtre' upon its foundation in Paris.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carbonne 1860 births 1924 deaths Musicians from Toulouse French operatic tenors 19th-century French male opera singers