Description

VALENTIN JAUME (ARLES, 1877 – ARLES, 1930)

 

 

 

 

He studied at the Marseille Conservatory under Viala and made his stage debut in 1905 at the Capitole in Toulouse, where he portrayed Eleazar in La Juive by Fromental Halévy. He performed at various provincial opera houses and made several guest appearances at La Monnaie in Brussels before being invited to the Paris Opéra, where he made a successful debut in 1906.

From 1907 to 1910, he was a member of the Marseille Opera House. He was particularly renowned for his interpretation of the role of Arnold in Gioachino Rossini’s Guillaume Tell.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1905 Toulouse Opera House

1907-1910 Marseille Opera House

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 316 Pathé cylinders, Paris 1903?
2. Mandiant d’amour (Goublier) 60110 XP3080 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907
3. O sole mio (di Capua) 60112 XP3082 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907
4. Juive (Halevy): Dieu m’éclaire 60142 XP3083 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907
5. Juive (Halevy): Rachel, quand du Seigneur 60159 XP3127 Odeon, Paris 1907 (early)
6. Africaine (Meyerbeer): Grand air 60160 XP3128 Odeon, Paris 1907 (early)
7. Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Ah! Mathilde 17964 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908
8. Lohengrin (Wagner): Recit du Graal 17976 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908
9. Prophete (Meyerbeer): Pour Berthe 18048 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908
10. Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Barcarolle 18057 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908
11. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz): Invocation аla Nature E18075 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908
12. Faust (Gounod): Salut demeure 2079 Lyrophon 1907/1908?
13. Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 2081 Lyrophon 1907/1908?
14. Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Tu l’as dit oui, tu m’aimes with Maria Labia 3161-B Unpubl. Edison
15. Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso 3189-B  Unpubl. Edison
16. Guillaume Tell (Rossini): O Mathilde 4802 Pathé, Paris 1908?
17. Trovatore (Verdi): Supplice infame 4803 Pathé, Paris 1908?
18. Martha (Flotow): Lorsqu’à mes yeux ta chère image Odeon 97154, Paris 1907
19. Le Credo du Paysan (Goublier) Odeon 97101, Paris 1908
20. La Voix des Chênes (Goublier) Odeon 97111, Paris 1908