Description

JOACHIM CERDAN (PARIS, 1877 – PARIS, 1921)

 

 

 

In 1907, he joined the Grand Opéra in Paris and remained a member until 1920. He appeared there in the premieres of the operas Monna Vanna (1909) by Henry Février, Bacchus by J. Massenet (1909), Le Miracle (1910) by Georges Hüe, and Siberia (1911) by U. Giordano. In 1920, he made guest appearances at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as in Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. His best roles were considered to be Abimelech in Samson et Dalila by C. Saint-Saëns and Athanaël in Thaïs by J. Massenet.

His repertoire at the Grand Opéra included Klingsor in Parsifal, Tonio in Pagliacci, Oberthal in Le Prophète, Mephisto in La damnation de Faust, Capulet in Roméo et Juliette, and Horatio in Hamlet. In 1917, he performed at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo as Vitellius in Hérodiade. In 1921, at the same opera house, he sang the roles of Mephisto in Faust, Saint Bris in Les Huguenots, Colline in La Bohème, and Gurnemanz in Parsifal. He also performed at the Opéra de Nice. This gifted bass passed away at the height of his artistic career.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1907-1920 Paris Grand Opéra

1917 Monte-Carlo Opéra

1920 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Ariane (Massenet) Air de Pirithoüs 17998 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1908
2. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) La calomnie 17042 BA 27033 Edison 4-min cylinders, Paris 1909
3. Carmen (Bizet) Je suis Escamillo (w. Campagnola) 034128 02243v Gramophone, Paris 1911-12-05
4. Faust (Gounod) A moi les plaisirs… Mais ce Dieu (w. Campagnola) 034117 034116,02175½v,02176½v Gramophone, Paris 1911-11-04
5. Faust (Gounod) Le veau d’or 7352 Trianon
6. Galathée (Massé) Aimons, il faut aimer… Et maintenant de toi j’implore (w. Heilbronner) 034173, 034190, 02628v, 02629v Gramophone, Paris 1912-12-17
7. Noël (Adam) (w. Calvet & Dutreix) W350 03246v Gramophone, Paris 1919-10-31
8. Roi de lahore (Massenet) Promesse de mon avenir W363 03279v Gramophone, Paris 1919-11-19
9. Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Invocation 17034 BA 27026 Edison 4-min cylinders, Paris 1909
10. Traviata (Verdi) Di Provenza 7366 Trianon