Albert Alvarez by Bary

ALBERT ALVAREZ
(Raymond Gourron)
16 January 1861- 26 February 1933
Studied singing with the Martini in Paris. 1886 debut at the Opera of Ghent as Gounod’s Faust. He then sang in Lyon and Marseille in 1892 and came to the Grand Opera of Paris .Sang 06.20.1894 in the premiere of Massenet’s “Thaïs” as Nicias, 1895 in the world premiere of “La Montagne Noire” by Augusta Holmès, 1897 Walther von Stolzing in the Paris premiere of “Meistersinger” by Wagner (in french language), in 1897 the world premiere of. Messidor,” by Bruneau 1901 in the world premiere of “Astarte” by Xavier Leroux, 1904 “Le fils de l’Étoile” by Erlanger, at the Grand Opéra Paris also in 1896 at the premiere of the opera “Hellé” by Duvernoy, 1898 “La Burgonde” by Vidal and 1905 at the premiere of the opera “Fredegonde” by Guiraud. In Monte Carlo, he starred in the world premieres of operas “Messaline” by De Lara (21/03/1899) and “Hélène” (dedicated to Nellie Melba) by Saint-Saëns (02/18/1904) .Guested 1893-1903 at Covent Garden Opera London. Here he sang on the 20/06/1894 Araquil in the world premiere of the opera “La Navarraise” by Massenet, 1893 in the world premiere of “Amy Robsart” by De Lara. In 1899-1903 he was the Metropolitan Opera New York (debut as Roméo in “Roméo et Juliette” by Gounod). In 1907-08 he undertook a major tour of Belgium and Germany. He worked as a teacher in Paris. Roles included Raoul in ‘Les Huguenots’ by Meyerbeer, Sigurd, in the opera of the same name by Reyer, Des Grieux in Massenet’s “Manon,” ,Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Siegmund in “Die Walküre,” Radames in “Aida” and Othello by Verdi, Fernand in “La Favorite,” by Donizetti, José in “Carmen”, Jean in “Le Prophete” by Meyerbeer, Rodrigue, in “Le Cid” by Massenet ,Matho in the “Salammbô” by Reyer, Hoffmann in “The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach,” Tristan in “Tristan and Isolde” by Richard Wagner and Faust in “La damnation de Faust” by Berlioz.