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

 

 

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) O Mathilde 4802 Pathé, Paris 1908

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Air 2080 Lyrophon, Paris 1907/1908

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Tu l’as dit oui, tu m’aimes with Maria Labia 3161 Unpubl., June 1914 London, England

Juive (Halevy) Dieu m’éclaire 60142 XP3083 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907

Juive (Halevy) Rachel, quand du Seigneur 60159 XP3127 Odeon, Paris 1907 (early)

La Voix des Chênes (Goublier) 97111 xP4381 Odeon, Paris 1908

Le Credo du Paysan (Goublier) 97101 xP4383 Odeon, Paris 1908

L’oeuvre divine (Ringsdorff) 60113 xP3084 Odeon, Paris, February 1907

Lohengrin (Wagner) Recit du Graal 17976 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 19071908

Mandiant d’amour (Goublier) 60110 XP3080 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907

Martha (Flotow) Lorsqu’à mes yeux ta chère image 97154 xP4392 Odeon, Paris 1907

O sole mio (di Capua) 60112 XP3082 Odeon, Paris 1906/1907

Prophete (Meyerbeer) Pour Berthe 18048 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1907/1908

Trovatore (Verdi) Supplice infame 4803 Pathé, Paris 1908