Guy Cazenave
21 December 1883 Hasparren (Pays Basque) – 24 December 1937 Algiers
In RA format
In RA format
Born Guillaume Cazenave into a Basque family, he studied voice with Louis Delaquerrière.
He appeared at both large opera theaters in Paris: at the Opéra in 1912 (he sang Radames, Samson, Jean there), at the
Opéra-Comique in 1928 as a guest (Canio, Cavaradossi).
But mostly, he spent his career at the large and important theaters of the French provinces: Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Lyon,
and above all in Algiers, where he installed himself in 1922. He also stayed in Algiers after quitting the stage, and opened a
business.
There were and are rumours that he was killed, but it's not true – he died after surgery.
Reference 1: Dead Tenors' Society Youtube channel; reference 2: Kutsch & Riemens; reference 3: Forgotten Opera Singers; reference 4; reference 5; reference 6:
L'Écho d'Alger, 19 January 1938; reference 7: L'Évolution Algérienne et Tunisienne, 11 August 1922;
reference 8: L'Art Musical, 7 January 1938
Discography
Edison Cylinders, Paris, 1911
17133 La Toussaint (Lacome) 17133
Disque Idéal, Paris, 1914
7264 La Juive (Halévy): Dieu que ma voix tremblante 7264
7265 Il trovatore (Verdi): Exilé sur la terre 7265
7269 Rigoletto (Verdi): Comme la plume au vent 7269
7402 L'Africaine (Meyerbeer): Ô paradis 7402
Pathé, Paris, May 1927
200748 azpiak bat (trad) 3514
200749 Herriko besta biharamuna (trad) 3514
2007.. Iruten dri nuzu (trad) 3515
2007.. Guernikako arbola (Iparraguirre) 3515
200750 Nere etchea (trad) 3516
200751 Lili bat ikhusi dut (trad) 3516
Pathé, Paris, probably June 1927
200804 Bet ceü de Pau (Constantin/Lespine) 3525
200805 Rossignoulet qui cantos (Lamazou) 3525
Disque Gramophone, Paris, 3 October 1927
BTR3113-1-2 Urzo – Churia (trad) K5259
BTR3114-1-2 Juana – Chori berri ketaria (trad) K5260
BTR3115-1-2 Iruten dri nuzu (trad) K5260
BTR3112-1-1 Juan – Lurraren pian (trad) K5259
Disque Gramophone, Paris, 3 October 1927
CTR3125-2-2 Die Walküre (Wagner): Siegmund suis-je W910
CTR3126-1-2 Die Walküre (Wagner): Plus d'hiver W910
BTR3127-2-2 La reine de Saba (Gounod): Faiblesse P737
BTR3128-2-2 La reine de Saba (Gounod): Inspirez-moi P737
Source for the discography: 78opera.com (defunct); additions from Gesellschaft
für historische Tonträger, Wien
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