Description

DANIEL VIGNEAU (LE BOUSCAT, 25 MARCH, 1881 – BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, 6 MARCH, 1970)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing under Duvernoy at the Paris Conservatory and won a prize for his efforts. Vigneau made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1907 and remained a prominent figure there for the next twenty years. Notably, he sang in several important premieres:

May 15, 1914: He performed in the premiere of Hugues Rabaud’s Marouf in the role of Ali.

1914: He was also part of the premiere of Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve.

1908: Created the role of Mizgir in the Paris premiere of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegourotchka.

1910: Featured in the premiere of Gabriel Pierné’s On ne badine pas avec l’amour.

1913: Took part in the premiere of Xavier Leroux’s Le Carilloneur.

Vigneau also performed in Nice, Monte Carlo, and appeared in notable premieres such as Édouard Chabrier’s Une Éducation manquée and Léon Sachs’ Les Burgraves in 1924. His career extended into the years following World War II, with guest appearances in Holland in 1924 and 1928.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

L’aube nait (Broche) 4-32000 15416u Gramophone, Paris 1909-11-04

Le ciel a visité la terre (Gounod) (w. chorus) 3-32777 5523h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Le lac, de Lamartine (Niedermeyer) 3-32804 5711h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Le rêve du prisonnier (Rubinstein) 3-32781 5558h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Les cloches du soir (de Rillé) 3-32782 5557h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Les rameaux (Faure) (w. chorus) 3-32786 5596h Gramophone, Paris 1908

L’Ombre (Flotow) Midi, minuit 4653 0214 Pathé, Paris 1906/1907

Messaline (de Lara) Viens aimer 4-32371 18615u Gramophone, Paris 1914-01-06

O sole mio (di Capua) 3-32709 7283o G&T, Paris 1907

O sole mio (di Capua) 4651 Pathé, Paris 1906-1908

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue 0343 Pathé, Paris 1921/1922

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue, pt 1 and pt 2 4-32113 16227u, 4-32273 16925u Gramophone, Paris 1911-10-28

Pardon de Ploërmel (Meyerbeer) Ah! mon remords te venge 5170 8205 Aspir, Paris 1909

Pardon de Ploërmel (Meyerbeer) Ah, mon remords 4657 Pathé, Paris 1906/1907

Pensee d’automne (Massenet) 3133 Pathé, Paris 1906-1908