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ANDRÉ GOAVEC (LE HAVRE, FRANCE, 6 FEBRUARY, 1897 – NICE, 17 FEBRUARY, 1947)

 

 

 

 

His father, Louis Goavec, was a shoemaker, and his mother, Mary Josephine Augustine Demoy, was a dressmaker. He studied singing at the Conservatory of Paris under Hettich. He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on April 7, 1922, in G. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as the Imperial Commissioner. Over the course of his career, he developed a varied repertoire at the Opéra-Comique, including roles such as the French Captain in L’Attaque du moulin, Écuyer du Roy in La Basoche, Moralès in Carmen, Simonetti in Gismonda, d’Azincourt in Fortunio, Frederick in Lakmé, the Cabaret Singer in Louise, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, M. de Brétigny in Manon, Ali in Mârouf, Bustamente in La Navarraise, Silvio in Pagliacci, Eurymaque in Pénélope, Jahel in Le Roi d’Ys, and both Spoletta and Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca.

 

Chronology of some appearances (Opera premieres)

 

Paris Opera-Comique June 18, 1923 ‘’Pepita Jiménez’’ (an Officer) by Isaac Albéniz

Paris Opera-Comique June 09, 1924 ‘’Blue Forest’’ (a Harvester) of Louis Aubert

Paris Opera-Comique October 07, 1924 ‘’Don Quichotte’’ (Rodriguez) of Jules Massenet

Paris Opera-Comique May 26, 1925 ‘’Tristan and Isolde’’ (a Pilot) of Richard Wagner

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Jour et la Nuit (Lecocq) Couplets du Casque 521777 Polydor, Paris 1932
2. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) Fantaisie, 1ère partie (w. Carday & Revelly) Polydor 516.554 2.209BMP
3. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) Fantaisie, 2ème partie (w. Carday & Revelly Polydor 516.554 2.210BMP
4. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) L’Auberge du Cheval blanc (w. Carday) 522.409 Polydor, Paris 1932
5. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) Mon chant d’amour est une valse Polydor 522408 5705BKP
6. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) Pour être un jour aimé de toi 522.549 Polydor, Paris 1933
7. L’auberge du cheval blanc (Stolz – Benatzky) Tout bleu, tout bleu (w. Carday) 522408 5703BKP Polydor
8. Mousquetaires au Couvent (Varney) Gris, gris-je gris vraiment 521776 3593BKP Polydor, Paris 1932
9. Mousquetaires au Couvent (Varney) Pour faire un brave mousquetaire 521776 3588BKP Polydor, Paris 1932
10. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Pauvre Paillasse 7105 Pathé, Paris 1927
11. Rip (Farnie) Vive la paresse… C’est un rien Polydor
12. Tango Rose de France (Romberg) (w. Brégis) 522.778 Polydor, Paris 1933
13. Le Chant du désert (Romberg) Fantaisie pt 1 and pt 2 (w. Ferrare & Stokking) 522.398 Polydor, Paris 1932
14. Rose de France (Romberg) Valse Pour vivre auprès de vous (w. Brégis) 522.778 Polydor, Paris 1933