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Jean Giraudeau (1 July 1916 in Toulon – 7 February 1995), was a French tenor, and later theatre director, particularly associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and described in Grove as having a “lyrical voice” as well as being “a superb character actor”.〔Forbes E. Jean Giraudeau. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London & New York, 1997.〕 He left a wide selection of recordings from both his operatic and concert repertoire. ==Life and career== After obtaining a degree in law, Giraudeau studied music, winning prizes in song, opera and cello in 1941. His stage debut was at the Opéra de Montpellier in 1942 (Wilhelm Meister) in ''Mignon''. He took part in the premiere of ''Martine'' by Henri Rabaud at the Opéra de Strasbourg before joining the main opera companies in Paris.〔 He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique on 23 July 1947 as Nadir in ''Les pêcheurs de perles'', going on to create roles in ''Il était un petit navire'' by Germaine Tailleferre in 1951 (Valentin) and in ''Marion, ou la Belle au tricorne'' by Pierre Wissmer in 1951 (Fabrice).〔Wolff, Stéphane. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 He also sang in ''Madame Bovary'' by Emmanuel Bondeville (Charles Bovary), ''Blaise le savetier'' by Philidor (Blaise), ''Ariane à Naxos'' (Bacchus), ''Lakmé'' (Gérald), ''Le Barbier de Séville'' (Almaviva), ''Così fan tutte'' (Ferrando), ''Les Indes galantes'' (Valère), ''Manon'' (Des Grieux), ''Madama Butterfly'' (Pinkerton) ''Les Mamelles de Tirésias'' (le Mari) and ''L'Heure espagnole'' (Gonzalve).〔 At the Paris Opera he played Tamino in ''La Flûte enchantée'', David in ''Die Meistersinger'', Alfredo in ''La Traviata'', created Nicador in ''Bolivar'' and sang the Chevalier de la Force in the French premiere of ''Dialogues des carmélites''.〔 Giraudeau sang Du Bartas in the premiere of the comédie lyrique ''Colombe'' by Jean-Michel Damase and Jean Anouilh in Bordeaux on 5 May 1961.〔(INA: Festival de Bordeaux : Colombe, comédie lyrique en quatre actes )〕 He was director of the Opéra-Comique from 1968 to 1972,〔 and left a varied list of recordings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Giraudeau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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