Description

JUSTE NIVETTE (PARIS, FRANCE, 09-06-1866 – VILLEPINTE (SEINE-SAINT-DENIS), FRANCE, 18-02-1922)

 

 

 

 

He studied at the Paris Conservatory and made his debut in 1892 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as Sarastro in The Magic Flute. In the following years, he achieved his first successes in the French provinces, particularly at the opera house in Monte Carlo, where he performed in the premiere of Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame on February 18, 1902. From 1899 to 1908, he was a member of the Grand Opéra in Paris. In the renowned 1909 production of The Magic Flute at the Opéra-Comique, conducted by Reynaldo Hahn, he sang alongside Marguerite Carré, Lucette Korsoff, Edmond Clément, and Lucien Fugère. In 1907, he made a guest appearance at La Scala as Hagen in Götterdämmerung, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. In 1909, he performed in the opening season of the new opera house in Boston, singing the role of Alvise in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda. He then continued his career in France.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1909 Boston Opera House Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

1909 Boston Opera House Gioconda (Alvise)

1910 Chicago Auditorium Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

1910 Pittsburgh Nixon Theater Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

1910 St. Louis Odeon Theater Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

1910 Providence Opera Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Piff, paff 5213 Idéal Aspir, Paris 1912

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pour les couvents, c’est fini! 60054 XP2994 Odeon, Paris 1906

Juive (Halévy) Si la rigueur (Cavatine) 36854 XP2876 Odeon, Paris 1906

Juive (Halévy) Si la rigueur (w. chorus) 34650 43320 G&T, Paris 1904

Juive (Halévy) Si la rigueur 3-32129 2966F G&T, Paris 1904

Juive (Halévy) Vous qui du Dieu vivant (Malédiction) 60044 XP2993 Odeon, Paris 1906

La voix des chênes (Goublier) 60629 XP3879 Odeon, Paris 1908 (early)

Le Comte Ory (Rossini) Air du gouverneur 3-32131 3080F G&T, Paris 1904

Le cor (Flégier) 1157 APGA, Paris 1906-08

Le cor (Flégier) 5195 Idéal Aspir, Paris 1912

Le Cor (Flégier) 60604 XP3876 Odeon, Paris 1908 (early)

Le lac (Niedermeyer) 60053 XP2991 Odeon, Paris 1906

Le muletier de Tarragone (Henrion) 60719 XP3881 Odeon, Paris 1908 (early)

Le muletier de Tarragone, scène (Henrion) 1240 APGA, Paris 1906-08