Émile Wartel

Louis Émile Wartel (born Paris, 31 March 1834, died after 1868)[1] was an opera singer and teacher active in Paris. He was the son of the musicians François Wartel and Thérèse Wartel.[2]

Life and career

Wartel was an established singer at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris from 1858 until 1868, creating many baritone roles in new operas premiered there.[3]

His repertoire was:

1858

1859

  • Omar in Abou Hassan
  • l’Agent de Cardinal Mazarin in Les petits violons du roi (premiere)

1860

  • le Docteur Sangrado in Gil Blas (premiere)
  • le Marquis de Panillac in Les valets de Gascogne (premiere)
  • Père Richard in L'auberge des Ardennes (premiere)
  • Monsieur Oronte in Crispin, rival de son maitre (premiere)
  • le Capitaine Barbagallo in Les pêcheurs de Catane (premiere)

1861

  • Magnus and Astaroth in Astaroth (premiere)
  • Monsieur d’Assonvilliers in Madame Grégoire (premiere)
  • Badroulboudour in Les deux cadis (premiere)
  • Kaloum in La statue (premiere)
  • le Marquis in Le café du roi
  • Placidus in La nuit aux gondoles (premiere)
  • Don Gregorio in Le tête enchantée (premiere)

1862

  • Utobal in Joseph
  • l'Ogre de la forêt in La chatte merveilleuse (premiere)

1863

1864

  • Ambroise in Mireille (premiere)
  • Le baron in Violetta
  • Le docteur in Le cousin Babylas (premiere)

1865

1866

1867

1868

  • Pandolphe in L'irato
  • Toby in Le brasseur de Preston

References

  1. ↑ Chitty, Alexis; Brown, Maurice J.E.; Ellis, Katharine. "Wartel" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. London: Macmillan, 2001. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5 (hardcover). OCLC 419285866 (eBook).
  2. ↑ Fétis F-J. Thérèse Wartel. In: Biographie universelle des musiciens, supplement, vol 2. Paris, 1878. View at Google Books.
  3. ↑ Walsh TJ. Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870. John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. ISBN 978-0-7145-3659-0.