Octave Dua
Liva (Nagel, Composer Van der Meulen) – Ghent, Royal Opera, 16 October 1903 The bartered bride (Vasek) – Brussels, Monnaie, 23 February 1907 Salome (Jew) – Brussels, Monnaie, 25 March 1907 Fortunio (Landry) – Brussels, Monnaie, 4 January 1908 Le chemineau (Toinet) – Brussels, Monnaie, 14 February 1908 Les jumeaux de Bergame (Arlequin ainé) – Brussels, Monnaie, 30 March 1908 Madama Butterfly (Goro) – Brussels, Monnaie, 29 October 19099 Eros vainqueur (Une voix) – Brussels, Monnaie, 7 March 1910 La Dorise (Dancing Master) – Brussels, Monnaie, 10 April 1910 Iphigénie en Aulide (A young Greek) – Brussels, Monnaie, 26 April 1910 Elektra (A young servant) – Brussels, Monnaie, 26 May 1910 Don Quichotte (Juan) – Brussels, Monnaie, 14 March 1910 Ivan le terrible (A peasant) – Brussels, Monnaie, 20 October 1910 Quo vadis (A young Christian) – Brussels, Monnaie, 26 November 1910 Ceci n'est pas un conte (Pierrot) – Brussels, Monnaie, 27 January 1911 Manon Lescaut (Edmond) – Brussels, Monnaie, 10 February 1911 Feuersnot (Tulbeck) – Brussels, Monnaie, 16 March 1911 L'enfance du Christ (Soloist) – Brussels, Monnaie, 28 March 1911 Oudelette (Paschal) – Brussels, Monnaie, 11April 1912 Königskinder (The Merchant of Balais) – Brussels, Monnaie, 25 October 1912 Le chant de la cloche (Martin Pyk) – Brussels, Monnaie, 21 November 1912 La fanciulla del West (Nick) – Brussels, Monnaie, 17 November 1913 I gioielli della madonna (Biaso) – Brussels, Monnaie, 17 October 1913 Venise (Prevalls) – Brussels, Monnaie, 8 November 1913 Parsifal (First Knight) – Brussels, Monnaie, 2 January 1914 Pénélope (Laertes) – Brussels, Monnaie, 1 December 1913 Proserpine (Orlando) – Brussels, Monnaie, 7 April 1913 Louise (Roi des fous) – Chicago, 1915/6 Das Rheingold (Mime) – Chicago, 1915/6 Lucia di Lammermoor (Arturo) – Chicago, 1915/6 Dinorah (Corentino) – Chicago, 1917/8 L'heure espagnole (Torquemada) – London, Covent Garden, 24 July 1919 Boris Godunov (Simpleton) – New York, MET, 24 November 1919 Carmen (Remendado) – New York, MET, 27 November 1919 Oberon (Sherasmin) – New York, MET, 1 December 1919 Samson et Dalila (Philistine messenger) – New York, MET, 10 December 1919 Marouf (Chief Sailor) – New York, MET, 20 December 1919 L'oiseau bleu (Sugan) – New York, MET, 27 December 1919 Le prophète (Jona) – New York, MET, 2 February 1920 Manon (Guillot) – New York, MET, 6 March 1920 Tristan und Isolde (Shepherd) – New York, MET, 20 November 1920 Don Carlos (Herald) – New York, MET, 3 January 1920 The love of the three oranges (Trufaldino) – Chicago, 1921/2 Les huguenots (Moine) – London, Covent Garden, 30 May 1927 Turandot (Altoum) – London, Covent Garden, 7 June 1927 Siegfried (Mime) – London, Covent Garden, 24 September 1935 Don Pasquale (Notario) – London, Covent Garden, 21 April 1937 La bohème (Benoit, Alcindoro) – London, Covent Garden, 29 November 1937 Dua sang many more roles. He started by singing first tenor lyrical parts. Reference: Richard T. Soper Belgian opera houses and singers. The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1999. |
