Vanni Marcoux

Vanni Marcoux
(Jean Emile Diogene Marcoux)
1877-1962
French Bass-baritone
Studed in Turin with Collini.Debut 1894 as Sparafucille in “Rigoletto” by Verdi 1894 at Turin.After further studies with Frederic Boyer he made his first his operatic debut as Frer Laurent in “Romeo et Juliette” by Gounod at Bayonne in 1899.He toured the provincial theatres in France.He sang Basilio in ‘Barber of Saville” by Rossin at Covent Garden London in 1905 , at the Monnaie Brussells as Bertram “Robert le Diable” by Meyerbeer in 1906.Paris opera debut as Mephisto in “Faust” by Gounod in 1908 , La Scala as old Hebrew “ Samson et Delilah” by Saint-Saens in 1910. Sang at the Boston Opera Goulard in “Pelleas et Melisande” by Debussy 1912 , Chicago opera 1913,,He created Guido in “monna Vanna: by Fevrier in 1909 , Panurge in “Panurge” by Massenet 1913 , Arlequin in “l’Arlequin” by d’Ollone 1924 , Bernier in “La Femme Nue” by Fevrier 1929 , His many roles included Don Quichotte in “Don Quichotte” by Massenet , Phillipe II in “Don Carlos” by Verdi , Iago in “Otello” by Verdi , Flastaff in ‘Falstaff” by Verdi and Rafael in “ I gioielli della Madonna “ by Wolf-Ferrari