Marc Bonnehée - photo by Pierre Petit - Gallica 2010 (adjusted)

Marc Bonnehée (2 April 1828 – 28 February 1886 ) was a French opera singer who sang leading

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roles at the

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(1853–1864) and at the Opéra de Toulouse. Sépulture de Marc BONNEHÉE - Cimetière Montmartre

Life and career

Bonnehée was born in Moumour ( Basses-Pyrénées) and studied singing in Toulouse and then at the Paris Conservatory, where his teacher was the tenor Alphonse Révial.

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''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' (4th edition) Vol. 1, p. 236. Hachette et Cie In 1853 he won the Conservatory's Second Prize in '' opéra comique'' and First Prizes in singing and grand opéra. He made his debut at the Paris Opera on 16 December 1853 as Alphonse in Donizetti's '' La Favorite''. Amongst the roles Bonnehée created there were Guy de Montfort in Verdi's '' Les vêpres siciliennes'' (1855), Duc de Palma in Emanuele Biletta's ''La rose de Florence'' (1856), Stello in Halévy's '' La magicienne'' (1858), and Julien in Poniatowski's ''Pierre de Médicis'' (1860). He also sang the Count in the Paris Opera premiere of Verdi's '' Le trouvère'' (12 January 1857). Other prominent roles in his repertoire included the title role of Rossini's '' Guillaume Tell'', Henri Asthon in Donizetti's '' Lucie de Lammermoor'', Cinna in Spontini's '' La vestale'', and Lusignan in Halévy's ''

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''.Kutsch & Riemens 2003, p. 499. In 1865 Bonnehée appeared with great success in Madrid, and in March 1869 he was engaged by the Opéra de Toulouse. After his retirement in 1873, he taught singing in

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(a suburb of Paris).Springer, Christian (2013)
''Giuseppe Verdi: Leben, Werke, Interpreten''
p. 574. Epubli He became a professor of singing at the Paris Conservatory on 1 October 1879 and an officer of the

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in 1882. He died in Passy at age 57.,

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Retrieved 29 August 2013 . and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.

References

Notes Sources * Kutsch, K. J. and Riemens, Leo (2003). ''

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'' (fourth edition, in German). Munich: K. G. Saur. . * Lajarte, Théodore (1878). ''Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l'Opéra'', volume 2 793–1876 Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles
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. * Pierre, Constant, editor (1900). ''Le Conservatoire national de musique et de déclamation. Documents historiques et administratifs''. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. 1031 pages
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnehee, Marc French operatic baritones Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris People from Béarn 1828 births 1886 deaths 19th-century French male singers Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques