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GUY FOUCHÉ (BORDEAUX, FRANCE, 17 JUNE, 1921 – ANNECY, FRANCE, 28 MAY, 1998)

He graduated from the Conservatoire de Chant de Bordeaux with the first prize in Opéra and Opéra-Comique and began his career at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 1942, performing in Georges Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles. In 1943, he also won second prize at the Conservatoire de Paris. From 1945 to 1953, he performed at various provincial opera houses, including Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In 1953, he appeared in Oran, Algeria.

From 1954 to 1956, he was a member of the troupe at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, after which he spent six seasons as the principal tenor at La Monnaie in Brussels. He later returned to Oran, where he performed the title role in Faust opposite Henri Rivière and Adrien Legros. In 1961, he relocated to Toulon and retired from the stage two years later.

Chronology of some appearances

1942-1945 Bordeaux Grand Théâtre

1945-1953 Tulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Rennes and Bordeaux

1954-1956 Liège Opéra royal de Wallonie

1956-1962 Brussels Monnaie

1961-1963 Toulon Opera

TRACKLIST

1. La Juive (Halevy) O ma fille chérie
2. Hérodiade (Massenet) Calmez donc vos fureurs with Andréa Guiot
3. Hérodiade (Massenet) Salome! Jean! with Andréa Guiot
4. La Favorite (Donizetti) Duo Finale with Germaine Lucien
5. Et de L’employé Du bon marché (Chabrier) with Renée Doria
6. Favorita (Donizetti) Ange si pur
7. Favorita (Donizetti) Una vergine un angel di Dio
8. Rigoletto (Verdi) Un di, se ben rammentomi… Bella figlia dell’amore with Ernest Blanc and Renée Doria
9. Rigoletto (Verdi) Comme la plume au vent
10. Rigoletto (Verdi) Qu’une Belle
11. La Bohème (Puccini) Que cette main est froide
12. La Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Grands Dieux ! Que vois-Je! with Ninon Vallin
13. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Tu l’as dit, oui, tu m’aimes! with Renée Doria
14. Herodiade (Massenet) Ne pouvant réprimer
15. Rigoletto (Verdi) Giovanna ho dei rimorsi… E il sol dell’anima
16. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Ô ciel ! où suis-Je with Renée Doria
17. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Non loin des vieilles tours… Plus blanche que la blanche hermine
18. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Sous ce beau ciel de la Touraine