Hector Grimard

1902 Marcinelle – 1974 Mont-sur-Marchienne

Picture of Hector Grimard

I want to thank Georges Cardol for the picture.
Biographical notes

Grimard studied at the Charleroi Conservatory with Druine and took singing lessons with Dua.

Repertory


Faust – Charleroi, 1924/5
Werther – Charleroi, 1924/5
Tosca – Charleroi, 1924/5
Le bon roi Dagobert – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Kaatje – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Quo vadis – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Iris – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Mireille – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Manon – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1926/31
Lucie de Lammermoor – Verviers,10 April 1930
Carmen – Toulouse, Capitole, 1931/2
La traviata – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Le prince Igor – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Cavalleria rusticana – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Djamileh (Haroun) – Brussels, Monnaie, 15 March 1933
Elektra – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Boris Godunov (Dimitri) – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Madama Butterfly – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Louise – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Paillasse – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Armide (Un chevalier) – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
La vie brève – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/5
Le pays du sourire – Brussels, Verviers, 2 January 1938
Rose-Marie – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1938
Le chant du désert – Antwerp, Opéra Royal, 1938
Hérodiade – Paris, Opéra, 1939
Rigoletto – Paris, Opéra, 1939
La bohème – Liège, Opéra Royal, 1941
Giuditta – Namur, 1942
Frasquita – Namur, 1942
Le tsarévitch – Borinage, 1943
Violettes noires – Brussels, 1946
Anima allegra
Les contes d'Hoffmann
La fiancée du tsar
Le chemineau
La Navarraise
La basoche
Les armaillis
La cabrera
La Habanera
Le muette de Portici
Mignon
Manon Lescaut
Oletta
Les pêcheurs de perles
Sapho
Thaïs
Paganini
Valses de Vienne
Chanson d'amour

Reference: Les grandes voix du Hainaut, à l'époque du 78 tours., Belgium, 1985.
Richard T. Soper: Belgian opera houses and singers, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1999.

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