Description

ÉMILE AIMABLE PARFAIT COLONNE (TOULON, 18 APRIL, 1885 – BRUSSELS, 13 MAY, 1970)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing at the Toulon Conservatory and sang for many years at La Monnaie in Brussels. He appeared in the Brussels premieres of A. Honegger’s Antigone (1927) and S. Prokofiev’s The Gambler (1929). His repertoire included Germont, Escamillo, and Athanaël in Thaïs. He retired from the stage in 1952.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1927 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Antigone

1929 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie The Gambler

 

TRACKLIST

 

Cendrillon (Massenet) Air de Pandolphe

Chanson d’amour (Schubert) Le rêve

Don Quichotte (Massenet) Air de Sancho

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Ravel)

La légende du preux (Scassola) Grand Air

Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame (Massenet) Légende de la sauge

Mireille (Gounod) Air d’Ourrias

Noël d’Adam (enregistré à l’age de 75 ans)

Noël païen (Massenet)