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

 

 

Africaine (Meyerbeer) Air de Vasco de Gama 60160 xP3128 Odeon, Paris, February 1907

Africaine (Meyerbeer) Conduisez-moi vers ce navire 60161 xP3129 Odeon, Paris, February 1907

Africaine (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 3189, Unpubl., Edison discs, London, June 1914

Aida (Verdi) La fatal pietra with Maria Labia 3162, Unpubl., Edison discs, London, June 1914

Aida (Verdi) O terra, addio with Maria Labia 3163, Unpubl., Edison discs, London, June 1914

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Invocation а la Nature E18075 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19071908

Faust (Gounod) Eh quoi! Toujours seul with Silvio Becucci, Lucette Korsoff and Emmi Leisner 3183, Unpubl., June 1914 London, England

Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, messieurs with Silvio Becucci and Taurino Parvis 3185 Unpubl., June 1914 London, England

Faust (Gounod) Salut demeure 2079 Lyrophon, Paris 1907/1908

Faust (Gounod) Seigneur Dieu, qui vois-je! with Silvio Becucci, Lucette Korsoff and Emmi Leisner 3182, Unpubl., June 1914 London, England

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Ah! Mathilde 17964 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Asile héréditaire 316 Pathé cylinders, Paris 1903

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Asile héréditaire 2081 Lyrophon, Paris 1907/1908

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Barcarolle 18057 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19071908