Description

EMILE (EMIEL) VAN BOSCH (BOOM, BELGIUM, 10 JANUARY, 1886 – AMSTERDAM, 24 JANUARY, 1940)

 

 

 

 

He had already made epoch-making work for Flemish composers as Peter Benoit (1834-1901) and his follower Jan Blockx (1851-1912), when he leaved his country in 1914 to the Netherlands, that became his second homeland. He made his debut on December 14th in the Hollandsche Schouwburg at Amsterdam in the opera ”Miss Helyett” from the French composer Edmond Audran (1840-1901) and build a wide repertoire, that besides opera also included operetta, lieder and songs. He sang roles as Valentijn (”Faust”, Gounod), Alfio (”Cavalleria Rusticana”, Mascagni), Tonio (”Paljas”, Leoncavallo), Scarpia (”Tosca”, Puccini), Escamillo (”Carmen”, Bizet) Sharpless (”Madame Butterfly”, Puccini) and Giorgio Germont (”La traviata”, Verdi). His last appearance on stage was on May 24th, 1926 at Amsterdam in the Theater Carré as Escamillo in ”Carmen”.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1914 Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg Miss Helyett

1926 Amsterdam Theater Carré Carmen

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. De Parelvissers (Les pecheurs de Perles) Daar ver in d’heilige Tempel (Au fond du Temple Saint) (w. Morrisson) 2-50650  Homocord 1919-1924
2. De stomme van Portici (Adam) Duo (w. Morrisson) 50649 Homocord
3. Faust (Gounod) Avant de quitter ces lieux 50733 Homocord
4. Faust (Gounod) Duo Faust  – Mephisto (w. Morrisson) 51029 Homocord
5. Faust (Gounod) Serenade 50655 Homocord
6. Faust Verloren, verloren! (Alerte! Alerte!) (w. Morrisson & Bouwmeester) 51031 Homocord 1919-1924
7. Forza del destino (Verdi) Duo (w. Morrisson) 51027 Homocord, 1923-05-07
8. Geen Lenteloover Ruischt Zoo Zoet 3255 X-7-32033 Zonophone
9. Goublier. Angelus der zee (L’Angelus de la mer) (w. Morrisson) 50651 Homocord 1919-1924
10. Harten Hand (Lecocq) 58068 Odeon
11. Hema’s Lofliedje  AM535 Decca
12. Herodiade (Massenet) Aria Herodes 50737 Homocord, 1922
13. Herodiade (Massenet) Le roi de Lahore 58069 Odeon
14. Hosanna (Didie) 58060 Odeon
15. Le Crucifix! (Faure) (in Dutch) (w. Morrisson) 50652 Homocord 1919-1924
16. Les rameaux (Faure) 50670 Homocord
17. Lucia van Lammermoor (Donizetti) Edgard, ja ik! (O piu rapido) (w. Morrisson) 2-50654  Homocord 1919-1924
18. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Duo (w. Morrisson) 51028 Homocord, 1923-05-07