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EDOUARD KRIFF (ALGIERS, AUGUST 3, 1905 – PARIS, MARCH 29, 1966)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Real name Joseph Edouard Krihiff. He studied under Mme. Carrère-Xanroff in Paris and made his debut in 1935, initially appearing in operettas and musical comedies. He began his operatic career in 1937 at the Marseille Opera House, where his first role was Jean in Massenet’s Hérodiade. After successful engagements at the Lyon Opera and other provincial stages in France, he was engaged by the Paris Grand Opéra in 1938. His debut role there was Samson in Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila.

Over the next two decades, he enjoyed a distinguished career at both the Paris Grand Opéra and the Opéra-Comique. His principal roles included Radamès in Verdi’s Aida, Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, Julien in Charpentier’s Louise, Lohengrin, the title role in Massenet’s Werther, and Hoffmann in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. From 1957 onward, he worked as a stage director at the Opéra-Comique.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1938 Paris Grand Opéra

1944-1956 Paris Grand Opéra

 

TRACKLIST

PRIVATE AND UNPUBLISHED RECORDINGS

 

1934

Tango (w. De Lara)

C’est peu de chose Valse Boston (Ervan)

Le Tzigane (Vacek) Rejoue beau Tzigane Tango

Pourquoi Nina Tango Musique (François)

 

1938

Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Ch’ella mi creda

Tosca (Puccini) Ô de beautés égales

Lohengrin (Wagner) Mon cygne aimé

 

1949

Carmen (Bizet) Extraits du 2ème acte (w. Michel)

(enregistrement public au palais d’Orsay le 9 décembre 1949)

 

1950

Louise (Charpentier) – Gala à l’Opéra-Comique, le 28 février 1950,

pour le cinquante-naire de la création.-

Scènes 1, 2 et 3, (w. Boué & Michel)

sous la direction d’André Cluytens.

 

1952

Mélodie sans titre (Sachs)

Sigurd (Reyer) Le bruit des chants s’éteint dans la forêt immense

El trust de los tenorios (Serrano) Te quiero

Torna a Sorriente (De Curtis)

Aïda (Verdi) Air de Radamès

Marechiare (Tosti)

Siegfried (Wagner) Chant de la forge