Jean Obein

Jean Obein was a comprimario at the Paris Opéra from 1919 (debut on 21 May as Grand-Prêtre de Melkarth in Salammbô). Prior to that, references to him are utterly scarce: in March 1912, he participated in two operatic concerts at the Théâtre du Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris; in October 1912, he was successful as Józsi in Lehár's Zigeunerliebe/Amour tzigane at the Trianon-Lyrique. Strangely, the Théâtre Français in Bordeaux announced his debut as Werther twice in 1919: in March, misspelled as "Jean Obeyn"; and in June as Jean Obein, now already "de l'Opéra". Other than that, I only find him in another operatic concert for a private music lovers association in Lisieux in February 1929.

References:
- www.artlyriquefr.fr (defunct)
- Figaro, 31 October 1912
- La France de Bordeaux et du Sud-Ouest, 4 March 1919
- Gil Blas, 30 March 1912
- La Liberté, 16 March 1912
- L'Ouest-Éclair, 20 February 1929
- La Petite Gironde, 8 June 1919

Jean Obein singsSigurd: Esprits gardiens
Discography
			
Odeon, Paris, January 1912
xP5387   Tosca (Puccini): Mario, l'heure s'avance				X111026
          with Marie Lafargue			
xP5388-3 Tosca (Puccini): Écoute-moi maintenant					X111042
          with Marie Lafargue				 

Pathé, Paris, October 1925
200133   Sigurd (Reyer): Esprits gardiens					0511, Actuelle X0110

Pathé, Paris, November 1925
200188	 Africaine (Meyerbeer): Pays merveilleux				0511

Pathé, Paris, April 1927
200699	 Hérodiade (Massenet): Ne pouvant réprimer				0622
200705	 Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Ah! lève-toi, soleil			0622, Actuelle X0110
Reference for the discography the extraordinary but alas defunct 78opera.com website.

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