Eugene Massol by Disderi

EUGENE ETIENNE AUGUSTE MASSOL
Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol )
(23 August 1802 - 30 October 1887)
French Tenor and later Baritone
Trained at the Paris Conservatory under Charles-Henri Plantade. In 1825 made his stage debut as Licinius in Spontini's La vestale at the Paris Opera. He sang primarily secondary tenor roles until the late 1830s when he increasingly gravitated to baritone roles. In 1845 he went to Brussels where he sang leading baritone roles including the title role of Nabucco in its first performance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Sang in London with the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden. In 1850 he returned to the Paris Opera and remained there as a principal baritone until his retirement from the stage in 1858. Massol died in Paris at the age of 85.
Created Lorenzo (tenor) in La muette de Portici, 1828 ,Second knight (tenor) in Le comte Ory 1828 ,Rodolphe (tenor) in Guillaume Tell, 1829 Herald (tenor) in Robert le diable, 1831 ,Christian (tenor) in Gustave III, 1833,First drinker (tenor) in La Juive, 1835,Cossé (tenor) in Les Huguenots, 1836,Quasimodo (tenor) in La Esmeralda, 1836 ,Michael (tenor) in Stradella, 1837 ,Fortebraccio (tenor) in Guido et Ginevra, 1838,Fieramosca (baritone) in Benvenuto Cellini, 1838 ,Sévère (baritone) in Les Martyrs, 1840 ,Bronzino (baritone) in Le comte de Carmagnola, 1841 ,Mocénigo (baritone) in La reine de Chypre, 1841 ,L'Inconnu (baritone?) in Le guérilléro, 1842 ,L'homme de la forêt du Mans (tenor) in Charles VI, 1843,Abayaldos (baritone) in Dom Sébastien, 1843,Ruben (baritone) in L'enfant prodigue, 1850 ,Ahasvérus (baritone) in Le Juif errant, 1852.