Louis Orliac
Mystery tenor from Toulouse (that's all that is known about his biography). Nobody has ever seen his
third disc (the one with the songs), nobody has any reliable information on him. But what an absolutely spectacular singer he was!
Tiny update: Excelsior, a French newspaper, mentioned him on 8 July 1934. Orliac was to take part at the
Fêtes de Toulouse, a music festival organized by Radio-Toulouse – and Excelsior lists him among several
singers "du Théâtre du Capitole" or "de l'Opéra de Marseille", and calls him "M. Orliac, ténor des
disques Odéon"! So was he... a record tenor???
In RA format
Discography
Odeon, 1933
Conductor Paul Minssart
KI 5826-1 Rigoletto: Comme la plume au vent 249002
KI 5827-1 Guillaume Tell: Asile héréditaire 249003
KI 5828-1 Maître Pathelin: Je pense à vous quand je 'éveille 249003
KI 5829-1 La Juive: Dieu que ma voix tremblante 249002
Joli contes de fées 250705
Quand l'amour fleurit 250705
I like to thank Christian Torrent for the additional discographical information.
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