Description

AUGUSTINE-LÉON BEYLE (LYON, FRANCE, 28 FEBRUARY, 1871 – LYON, FRANCE, 17 JULY, 1922)

 

 

 

 

He made his debut in 1897 at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In 1898, he was engaged at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he remained until 1914. One of his greatest successes came in 1903 with Massenet’s Werther, and in 1905, he performed as Werther in the 100th performance of the opera at the Opéra-Comique.

At the Opéra-Comique, he appeared in several premieres, including:

La fille de Tabarin by Pierné (January 20, 1901)

La fille de Roland by Rabaud (March 16, 1904)

Aphrodite by Camille Erlanger (March 24, 1906)

La Lépreuse by Silvio Lazzari (February 7, 1912)

La Sorcière by Erlanger (December 10, 1912)

Le Carilloneur by Xavier Leroux (March 20, 1913)

In 1908, he was part of the premiere ensemble of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegourotchka. In 1910, he substituted for the ill Enrico Caruso at a guest performance of the Metropolitan Opera in Paris, appearing as Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca alongside Geraldine Farrar and Antonio Scotti.

After retiring from the stage, Beyle taught singing in Paris and later in Lyon, the city where he was born and where he passed away.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1897 Paris Grand Opéra Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

1901 Paris Opéra-Comique La fille de Tabarin

1903 Paris Opéra-Comique Werther (Werther)

1904 Paris Opéra-Comique La fille de Roland

1906 Paris Opéra-Comique Aphrodite

1912 Paris Opéra-Comique La Lépreuse

1912 Paris Opéra-Comique La Sorcière

1913 Paris Opéra-Comique Le Carilloneur

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Castor et Pollux (Rameau) Séjour de l’éternelle paix 032292 02721v Gramophone, Paris 1913-06-17

Castor et Pollux (Rameau) Tristes apprêts 4-32334 17765u Gramophone, Paris 1913-06-17

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) O Lola (Sicilienne) X-82604 Zonophone, Paris 1906

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) O Lola 1457 0156 Pathé, Paris 19121913

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) O mon Torrido (w. Brohly) 034103, 01918v Gramophone, Paris 1911-05-03

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Sicilienne 3251 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1903

Cid (Massenet) A Saint-Jacques de Compostelle (w. Bakkers & chorus) 034033, 0851v Gramophone, Paris 1908-11-07

Cid (Massenet) O jours de première tendresse (w. Lafargue) 034175 02639v Gramophone, Paris 1912-12-24

Cid (Massenet) O Souverain (w. Boussagol & chorus) 034034 0853v Gramophone, Paris 1908-11-07

Cloches de Corneville (Planquette) Je regardais en l’air (as Stendhal) 63356-A 16151u HMV Victor, Paris 1910-11-24

Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) C’est une chanson d’amour (w. Chenal) 1973, 2504, Pathé, Paris 19151916

Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) C’est une chanson d’amour (w. Heilbronner) 034176 02608½v Gramophone, Paris 1912-12-03

Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Il était une fois (Légende de Kleinzach) (w. chorus) 4-32285 16968u Gramophone, Paris 1911-11-29

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Allons, il est trop tard (w. Auguez de Montalant & Dangès) 34234, 15551u Gramophone, Paris 1910-03-19

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Le vieil hiver 032134 01353v Gramophone, Paris 1910-03-14

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Nature immense (Invocation) 032143 01491v Gramophone, Paris 1910-05-19

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Sans regret j’ai quitté les riants campagnes 032135 01354v Gramophone, Paris 1910-03-14

David chantant devant Saül (Bordese) 032117 0901v Gramophone, Paris 1909-02-10

Désert (David) Hymne à la nuit 3-32943 14215u Gramophone, Paris 1908-12-23

Désert (David) La rêverie du soir 3-32938 14210u Gramophone, Paris 1908-12-23