Valentin Jaume
25 February 1877 Arles – 13 May 1930 Arles
Studied at the conservatory of Marseille, then with maestro Viala. In 1905, he makes his debut at the Capitole of Toulouse in
La Juive (according to Kutsch & Riemens).
1906 debut at the Paris Opéra on July 14th as Arnold with Demougeot, Nuibo, Noté, Chambon, Gresse. It seems that it was his only appearance at the Opéra, in spite of Gailhard saying in the press that Jaume was
a new member of the troupe.
1908/09: sang at the Monnaie in Bruxelles as a guest (Arnold), was then a member of the troupe in Nice.
Guest in Lyon.
1910/11 member of the troupe in Nice; part of the cast of the premiere of Vercingétorix, opera by Fourdrain.
1912/13 member of the troupe in Nice: Sigurd, Guillaume Tell, L'Africaine, Les huguenots, Un ballo in maschera,
Il trovatore,
La Juive, Hérodiade.
1913/14 guest appearances in Rouen (Théâtre des Arts), Antwerp (Théâtre Royal), Lyon (Grand-Théâtre)
etc
Easter 1924 season in Perpigan (Théâtre Municipal).
1924/25 member of the troupe of the Théâtre Municipal in Tunis.
Jaume's Arnold
| Valentin Jaume sings | Les huguenots: Dillo ancor, with Maria Labia |
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
Discography
Pathé cylinders, Paris, about October 1906
316 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 316
4800 Sigurd (Reyer): Esprits gardiens 4800
4801 Africaine (Meyerbeer): Ô paradis 4801
4802 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Ah Mathilde 4802
4803 Trovatore (Verdi): Supplice infâme 4803
4804 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus blanche 4804
Disque Eden, Paris, December 1906
Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 50067, E5151
Hérodiade (Massenet): Ne pouvant réprimer 50068, E5152
Faust (Gounod): Salut, ô mon dernier matin 50070
Odeon, Paris, February 1907
xP3080 Mendiant d'amour (Goublier) X60110
xP3081 J'ai rêvé (Godard) X60111
xP3082 'O sole mio (Di Capua) X60112
xP3082-2 'O sole mio (Di Capua) X60112
xP3083 Juive (Halévy): Dieu m'éclaire X60142
xP3084 L'oeuvre divine (Ringsdorff) X60113
xP3127 Juive (Halévy): Rachel, quand du Seigneur X60159
xP3128 Africaine (Meyerbeer): Ô paradis X60160
xP3129 Africaine (Meyerbeer): Conduisez-moi vers ce navire X60161
Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris, about October 1907
17964 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Ah! Mathilde 17964
17976 Lohengrin (Wagner): Aux bords lointains 17976
Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris, about July 1908
18048 Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pour Bertha 18048
18057 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Accours dans ma nacelle 18057
18075 Damnation de Faust (Berlioz): Nature immense 18075
Lyrophon/Apollon, Paris, 1907/1908?
2079 Faust (Gounod): Salut, demeure 2079, Parlophone 157, Melior 157
2080 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus blanche 2080, Parlophone 157
2081 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 2081, Parlophone 156
2082 Juive (Halévy): Rachel, quand du Seigneur 2082, Parlophone 156
Odeon, Paris, November 1908
xP4381 La voix des chênes (Goublier) X97111
xP4383 Le crédo du paysan (Goublier) X97101
xP4392 Martha (Flotow): Lorsqu'à mes yeux X97154
Disque Eden, Paris, 1908/1909
969w Favorite (Donizetti): Ange si pur E5245
970w Martha (Flotow): Lorsqu'à mes yeux E5246
Le Merveilleux, Paris, 1909?
1651 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 105
Edison cylinders, Paris, 1913
44667 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): O muto asil 44667
Edison discs, London, June 1914
3161 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Dillo ancor (w. Labia) unpub (test exists)
3162 Aida (Verdi): La fatal pietra (w. Labia) unpub
3163 Aida (Verdi): O terra addio (w. Labia) unpub
3164 Faust (Gounod): Il se fait tard, pt. 1 (w. Korsoff) unpub
3165 Faust (Gounod): Il se fait tard, pt. 2 (w. Korsoff) unpub
3166 Faust (Gounod): Alerte! Alerte! (w. Korsoff, Becucci) unpub
3182 Faust (Gounod): Quatuor, pt. 1 (w. Korsoff, Leisner, Becucci) unpub
3183 Faust (Gounod): Quatuor, pt. 2 (w. Korsoff, Leisner, Becucci) unpub
3184 Trovatore (Verdi): Ai nostri monti (w. Leisner) unpub
3185 Faust (Gounod): Que voulez-vous? (w. Parvis, Becucci) unpub
3186 Trovatore (Verdi): Mal reggendo (w. Leisner) unpub
3189 Africaine (Meyerbeer): Pays merveilleux unpub (test exists)
3190 Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia (w. Korsoff, Leisner, Parvis) unpub
3191 Martha (Flotow): T'ho raggiunta (w. Korsoff, Leisner, Parvis) unpub
Source for the discography: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien
I wish to thank Anton Bieber for the recording and label scan of Plus blanche.
I wish to thank Tom Silverbörg for the recording (Prophète).
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