Augustarello Affre & Julia Lindsay

as Belmont & Constance "L’ENLÈVEMENT AU SÉRAIL By Mozart

Augustarello Affre
1858-1931
French Tenor

Affre was trained at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and the Conservatoire de Paris. He studied singing with Edmond Duvernoy and Pierre Gailhard.[1] After singing in theatres in the French provinces, he made his debut in Paris at the Opéra in 1890 as Edgardo in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor opposite Nellie Melba in the title role, who also made her debut.[2] He remained a leading tenor at that opera house for the next 20 years, portraying such roles as Arnold Melchtal in William Tell, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Eléazar in La Juive, Fernand in La favorite, Jean de Leyde in Le prophète, Radames in Aida, Raoul de Nangis in Les Huguenots, Renaud in Gluck's Armide, Vasco da Gama in L'Africaine, and the title roles in Lohengrin and Sigurd.[1] He created the role of the Touranien prisoner in the world premiere of Jules Massenet's Le mage in 1891.

Outside of Paris, Affre appeared as a guest artist at the Opéra de Marseille, Opéra National de Lyon, and the Théâtre du Grand Cercle in Aix-les-Bains. In 1900 he performed at La Monnaie in Brussels. In 1909 he appeared at the Royal Opera House in London as Samson in Samson et Dalila and in the title role of Gounod's Faust.

Julia Lindsay
1878
French Soprano

Débute Create d L’ENLÈVEMENT AU SÉRAIL (Constance) le 01 décembre 1903. Sang ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Juliette) , FAUST (Marguerite) 1904 ; ARMIDE (Sidonie) ,TANNHÄUSER (Elisabeth)1905 ; LES MAITRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Eva) LOHENGRIN (Elsa) e1906.