Maurice Capitaine
born 12 December 1885 Bayonne
He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique on 22 October 1911 in Le voile du bonheur as Tou-Fou.
He also took part in the world premiere of Julien as Bûcheron/Bohème/Camarade on 4 June 1913. At the Opéra-Comique,
he also appeared in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva), Carmen (Don José), Fortunio (Fortunio), Lakmé (Gérald),
Louise (Noctambule), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Mireille (Vincent), Le pardon de Ploërmel (Corentin),
La bohème (Rodolfo) and Werther (Werther).
Selected performances:
1911
Le voile du bonheur on 22 October, with Périer, Azéma, Cazeneuve, Laure, Belhomme, de Poumayrac,
Mme Lucy Vauthrin
Mignon on 3 December, with Mme Brohly, Mme Nicot-Vauchelet, de Creus, Azéma
1912
Mignon on 5 January, with Mme Billa-Azéma, Mme Tiphaine, Mme de Poumayrac, de Creus, Azéma, Gourdon, Dupré
Le pardon de Ploërmel on 16 March, with Mme Nicot-Vauchelet, Albers, Mme Lucy Vauthrin, Thévenet, Florents, Guillamat, Vezzani, Mesmaecker, Ruhlmann
Lakmé on 27 April at the Trocadéro, with Azéma, Vigneau, Donval, Berthe Mendès, Mme Billa-Azéma, Mme Villette, Mme Ganteri, Mme de Poumayrac, Picheran
1913
Mignon on 8 March at the Trocadéro, with Mme Mathieu-Lutz, Mme Tiphaine, Cazeneuve, Azéma
Julien on 4 June, with Charles Rousselière, Marguerite Carré,
Raymond Boulogne, Andal, Maurice Cazeneuve,
Georges-Louis Mesmaecker, Éloi de Roqueblave, Berthe Marietti,
Daburon, Pla, Marguerite Julliot, Eugène de Creus, Ernest Dupré,
Donval, Pasquier, Corbière, Pierre Deloger, Madeleine Ménard,
Le Fontenay, Germaine Gallot, Germaine Philippot, Cécilie Thévenet, Alavoine, Marie Tissier, Marie-Louise Arné, Germaine Carrière, Jeanne Calas, Marguerite Villette, Marini, Reynald, Pesier and Albert Wolff.
He stayed at the Opé-Comique until 1917, then went on as a freelancer throughout France and Belgium;
for instance, he spent the 1923/24 season in Gent. He was a specialist for high roles like Chapelou, Georges Brown, Nadir or
Tonio.
Reference 1: Kutsch & Riemens; reference 2
Discography
Gramophone, Paris, 16 May 1914
02964v Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Au fond du temple saint (w. Lestelly) 034203, W326
Pathé, Paris, 1918?
2447 Dame blanche (Boieldieu): Ah, quel plaisir d'être soldat, pt 1 0227
2448 Dame blanche (Boieldieu): Ah, quel plaisir d'être soldat, pt 2 0227
2449 Postillon de Lonjumeau (Adam): Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire 0228
2450 Postillon de Lonjumeau (Adam): Assis au pieds d'un hêtre 0228
2451 Lalla Roukh (David): Ma maîtresse a quitté la tente 0229
2453 Fanchonnette (Clapisson): Quand elle est sage 0229
2456 Fille du régiment (Donizetti): Pour me rapprocher de Marie 0231
2457 Dame blanche (Boieldieu): Viens, gentille dame, pt 1 0230
2460 Dame blanche (Boieldieu): Viens, gentille dame, pt 2 0230
2462 Pré aux clercs (Hérold): Ce jour j'arrive donc 0231
Pathé, Paris, 1932
M118 Rosanina (Baugé) Mag-Nis 517
M124 À l'infidèle (Baugé) Mag-Nis 517
Source for the discography: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien
Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans of Lalla Roukh and La fanchonnette.
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