Hector Grimard
I want to thank Georges Cardol for the picture.Grimard studied at the Charleroi Conservatory with Druine and took singing lessons with Dua. Werther – Charleroi, 1924/25 Tosca – Charleroi, 1924/25 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, 1931/32 La traviata – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Knjaz Igor/Prince Igor – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Cavalleria rusticana – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Djamileh – Brussels, Monnaie, 15 March 1933 (total 5) Elektra – Brussels, Monnaie, 1 April 1934 (total 3) Boris Godunov (Grigorij) – Brussels, Monnaie, 6 December 1934 (total 7) Madama Butterfly – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Louise – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Pagliacci – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 Armide (Un chevalier) – Brussels, Monnaie, 1932/35 La vida breve – Brussels, Monnaie, 1933 (total 5) Das Land des Lächelns – 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 Der Zarewitsch – Borinage, 1943 Violettes noires – Brussels, 1946 Anima allegra Les contes d'Hoffmann Tsarskaja nevesta/The bride of the tsar Le chemineau La Navarraise La basoche Les armaillis La cabrera La Habanera Le muette de Portici Mignon Manon Lescaut Oletta, la fille du Corse Les pêcheurs de perles Sapho Thaïs Paganini Valses de Vienne Chanson d'amour He was also a regular guest in Gent from 1924 to 1937. Reference: Les grandes voix du Hainaut à l'époque du 78 tours, 1985 |
