André Goavec

He studied voice at the conservatory in Paris and basically spent his career at the Opéra-Comique, though with excursions into the French provinces. He was always undecided between singing tenor or singing (bass-)baritone: he made his debut in 1922 as the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly (a bass-baritone part), then sang tenor roles for the next few years, and then returned to being a bass-baritone from 1931 onwards. Beyond that, he sang lots of secondary and only a few main roles, which reduces his output as far as tenor lead roles considerably: Pinkerton, Cavaradossi, Sid El Kar in Romberg's Desert song (a huge success for Goavec at the Eldorado in Nice) and the title role in Le bon roi Dagobert by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (in Cannes).

He retired early, and was a hotel manager in Nice until his death.

Reference and source for the bottom picture

Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans.