Description

LOUIS GUÉNOT (BESANÇON (DOUBS), 03-05-1891 – CLICHY-LA-GARENNE (HAUTS-DE-SEINE), 13-05-1968)

He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1921 and, over the following twenty years, performed numerous roles at this opera house. In 1924, he appeared in the premiere of Henri Rabaud’s L’Appel de la Mer at the Opéra-Comique. In 1930, he guested in Amsterdam as Thoas in Iphigénie en Tauride under Pierre Monteux. In 1932, he performed the roles of Crespel and Schlemihl in Hoffmanns Erzählungen in Amsterdam. In 1939, he appeared in Scheveningen as Arkel in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, alongside Elen Dosia and Georges Cathelat, under the direction of Ernest Ansermet.

TRACKLIST

1. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La Calomnie D 14219 LX 348 Columbia
2. Carmen Air du Toréador D 14211 Columbia
3. Hérodiade (Massenet) Air d’Hérode D14220 WLX145 Columbia
4. Lakmé (Delibes) Lakmé, ton doux regard D 14219 LX 292 Columbia
5. Le Noël des gueux (Vargues) RF68 L3881 Columbia
6. Les boeufs (Dupont) DFX48 WLX 963 Columbia, Paris 1929-04-03
7. Les sapins (Dupont) D12053 WL 1625 Columbia, Paris 1929-05-04
8. Manon (Massenet) Comte des Grieux D12032 WL864 Columbia, Paris 1928-01-20
9. Mireille (Gounod) Air d’Ourrias D 14211 Columbia
10. Patrie (Paladilhe) Cantabile de Rysoor D12032 WL793 Columbia, Paris 1927-12-15
11. Semailles (Goublier) RF68 L3888 Columbia
12. Thaïs (Massenet) Air d’Alexandre D14220 WLX352 Columbia
13. Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Tu ne chanteras plus… Chère enfant que j’appelle (w. Richardson & Féraldy) RFX28, RFX28, WLX1565, WLX1566 Columbia, Paris
14. Manon (Massenet) Le coupable est monsieur (with Fenoyer, De Creus, Rogatchewsky, Féraldy, Vavon & Rambert) LX218 WLX685 Columbia
15. Manon (Massenet) Conde des Grieux Scène et duo Manon parte 1 (with G. Féraldy, Gaudin & chorus) D 15165 LX 828 Columbia