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

 

 

Muette de Portici (Auber) Amis, la matinée est belle (Barcarole) (w. chorus) 4-32035 14514u Gramophone, Paris 1909-03-26

Muette de Portici (Auber) Barcarole (w. chorus) 34676 4501o G&T, Paris 1905

Muette de Portici (Auber) Ferme tes yeux X-82508 Zonophone Paris 1905

Navarraise (Massenet) O bien-aimée 3-32115 3111F G&T, Paris 1904

Noël (Adam) (w. chorus) 3-32727 5105h G&T, Paris 1907

Noël (Rousseau) (w. chorus) 3-32730, 5121h G&T, Paris 1907

Noël aux quatre vents (Goublier) (w. chorus) 3-32729 5119h G&T, Paris 1907

Noël, pt 1 (Adam) (as Stendhal) 032184 01678v Gramophone, Paris 1910-09-13

Noël, pt 2 (Adam) (as Stendhal) 032185, 01679v Gramophone, Paris 1910-09-13

Panis angelicus (Franck) (w. Auguez de Montalant) 34200 5843½h Gramophone, Paris 1908

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) C’est toi qu’enfin je revois (w. Dufranne) 34169 6117o G&T, Paris 1906

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Ton coeur n’as pas compris (w. Korsoff) 34190 5052h G&T, Paris 1907

Pie Jesu (Stradella) 3-32942, 14214u Gramophone, Paris 1908-12-23

Plus près de Toi, mon Dieu (Ligonnet) (w. chorus) 232519 17206½u Gramophone, Paris 1912-05-13

Reine de Chypre (Halévy) Triste exilé (w. Dufranne) 034017 585i G&T, Paris 1907

Richard Coeur de Lion (Grétry) Une fièvre brulante (w. Vigneau) 034096 01747v Gramophone, Paris 1910-11-25

Rigoletto (Verdi) Belle fille (w. Korsoff, Cléry & Dufranne) 034016 562i (5062i) G&T, Paris 1907

Rigoletto (Verdi) Comme la plume au vent X-82510 Zonophone Paris 1905

Rigoletto (Verdi) Qu’une belle (Ballade) X-82605 Zonophone, Paris 1906

Roi d’Ys (Lalo) A l’autel j’allais rayonnant (w. Carré) 0672, 2534 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904