François Mario
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
In RA format
Born in Toulouse, François Mario entered the musical world as a prize winner of a tenor competition organized by the "Musica"
magazine after studies with Jean de Reszke. The principal theaters where he sang were Algiers (1908–22), and in Paris both the
Gaîté-Lyrique and the Opéra-Comique, where he made his debut on 16 September 1910 as Rodolfo, and sang also Jean
Bérard (Les fugitifs by André Fijan), Turiddu, Pinkerton, Araquil (La Navarraise), Cavaradossi, Canio and
Tebaldo (L'ancêtre by Saint-Saëns), plus he participated in the world premieres of Ernest Bloch's Macbeth (30
November 1910, as Malcolm) and La jota by Raoul Laparra (26 April 1911, as Chanteur de coplas). He sang at the Opéra-Comique
until at least 1922.
Other than that, he also appeared in Casablanca, Cherbourg, Lyon, Toulon (1922/23), Marseille, Nîmes, Monte Carlo, Nice, Toulouse,
Angoulême, Bordeaux, Bourges (where he sang, for instance, in Gismonda by Février in June 1926), Troyes, Amiens, Lille,
Le Havre, La Rochelle, Vals-les-Bains or at the Théâtre Français in Antwerp (1913/14). Already by the mid-1920s, he
sang on the radio. The last notice that I found on him is the announcement of a small-scale concert in Paris on 28 September 1935.
Mario never sang any operetta, it would seem – opera only, from Duca di Mantova and Alfredo to Don José and Jean in
Hérodiade, including some works that are now considered rarities like Benjamin Godard's La vivandière or the
above-mentioned Ancêtre.
References:
- the Flickr channel of Claude-Pascal Perna
- www.artlyriquefr.fr (defunct)
- La Charente, 11 May 1913
- Comoedia, 26 July & 4 October 1922
- La Dépêche, 7 November 1916
- La Dépêche du Berry, 23 June 1926
- L'Écho Rochelais, 30 July 1921
- Figaro, 5 March 1915
- Le Gaulois, 2 April 1924
- Le Grand Écho du Nord de la France, 23 February 1923
- Le Journal, 28 September 1935
- Journal d'Aubenas et de Vals-les-Bains, 9 & 23 August 1924
- Journal du Cher, 10 December 1920
- Journal des Débats Politiques et Littéraires, 12 September 1910
- Le Monde Artiste, 26 October 1912
- Nîmes-Soir, 17 December 1920
- Le Nord Maritime, 12 September 1925
- Le Petit Provençal, 1 March 1908
- La République Française, 26 March 1915
- Le Salut Public, 15 January 1916
- La Tribune de l'Aube, 5 November 1930
Discography
Idéal, Paris, 1908?
5287 Juive (Halévy): Dieu, que ma voix tremblante Opéra 841
Idéal, Paris, 1910
5816 Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Au fond du temple (w. Rigaux) 5816, Aspir 10284
5817 Le crucifix (Faure) (w. Rigaux) 5817, Aspir 10283
5818 Richard Coeur-de-Lion (Grétry): Une fièvre brûlante (w. Rigaux) 5818, Aspir 10282
5821 Manon (Massenet): En fermant les yeux 5821, Aspir 10372
5823 Rigoletto (Verdi): Comme la plume au vent 5823, Aspir 10374
5836 Favorite (Donizetti): Un ange 5836
Idéal, Paris, 1911
6241 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Pauvre Paillasse 6241
6248 Mignon (Thomas): Elle ne croyait pas Opéra 841
6263 Lakmé (Delibes): Fantaisie aux divins mensonges 6263, Aspir 6263
6287 Joseph (Méhul): Champs paternels 6287, 174, Opéra 508
6372 Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Salut, tombeau 6372
Idéal, Paris, 1912
6414 Si j'étais roi (Adam): J'ignore son nom 6414
6501 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Ô Lola, blanche fleur Aspir 182, Opéra 263
6503 Tosca (Puccini): Le ciel luisait d'étoiles 6503
6507 Le mage (Massenet): Soulève l'ombre de ces voiles 6507
Idéal, Paris, date unknown
8263 Zitella (Hamel) Opéra 263
Gramophone, Paris, 3 March 1916
6414ae La chanson des routes (Maquis) K426
6415ae La retraite passe (Vargues) K426
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