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

 

 

Lakmé (Delibes) Ah, viens dans la forêt profonde X-82653, Zonophone, Paris 1906

Lakmé (Delibes) Fantaisie aux divins mensonges X-82652, Zonophone, Paris 1906

Le crucifix (Faure) (w. Dufranne & chorus) 34191 5120h G&T, Paris 1907

Le Jour et la Nuit (Lecocq) Romance 3-32651 9112u G&T, Paris 1905

Lohengrin (Wagner) Le récit du Gral 032101 879i Gramophone, Paris 1908-10

Lohengrin (Wagner) Mon cygne aimé (Les adieux) 032102 0846v Gramophone, Paris 1908-11-04

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Bientôt l’herbe des champs 4-32105 15923u Gramophone, Paris 1910-09-07

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) O bel ange 4-32106 15924u Gramophone, Paris 1910-09-07

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Vers toi toujours (w. Korsoff) 34189 5051h G&T, Paris 1907

Lustige Witwe (Lehár) Rêvons, oui, rêvons d’un sentier (w. Brohly) (as Stendhal & Martell) 63331-B 15936u Victor, Paris 1910-09-14

Lustige Witwe (Lehár) Viens dans ce joli pavillon (w. Brohly) (as Stendhal & Martell) 63331-A 15937u Victor, Paris 1910-09-14

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Je t’ai ravie (w. Heilbronner) 034146, 02522v Gramophone, Paris 1912-09-11

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Vous êtes mon maître (w. Heilbronner) 034145 02521v Gramophone, Paris 1912-09-11

Manon (Massenet) Adieu, notre petite table (w. Vallandri) 34197 5716h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Manon (Massenet) Ah fuyez, douce image 4-32011 15525u Gramophone, Paris 1910-02-26

Manon (Massenet) Ah fuyez, douce image X-82606, Zonophone, Paris 1906

Manon (Massenet) Ah, Des Grieux (w. Vallandri) 034055 01328v Gramophone, Paris 1910-02-26

Manon (Massenet) Ah, fuyez, douce image 3244 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1903

Manon (Massenet) Duo de la lettre (w. Carré) 0674 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904

Manon (Massenet) Duo de la lettre (w. Vallin) 1458, 2519 Pathé, Paris 19121913