Émile Wartel

Louis Émile Wartel (31 March 1834, Paris – 5 May 1907, Paris)^[1] was an opera singer and teacher active in Paris. He was the son of the musicians François Wartel and Thérèse Wartel.^[2]

Life and career

Wartel was an established singer at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris from 1858 until 1868, creating many baritone roles in new operas premiered there.^[3]

His repertoire was:

1858

Valère in Le médecin malgré lui (premiere)
Bartholo in Les noces de Figaro
Lysandre in L'agneau de Chloé (premiere)
Gambara in Le harpe d'or (premiere)

1859

Omar in Abou Hassan
l’Agent de Cardinal Mazarin in Les petits violons du roi (premiere)

1860

le Docteur Sangrado in Gil Blas (premiere)
le Marquis de Panillac in Les valets de Gascogne (premiere)
Père Richard in L'auberge des Ardennes (premiere)
Monsieur Oronte in Crispin, rival de son maitre (premiere)
le Capitaine Barbagallo in Les pêcheurs de Catane (premiere)

1861

Magnus and Astaroth in Astaroth (premiere)
Monsieur d’Assonvilliers in Madame Grégoire (premiere)
Badroulboudour in Les deux cadis (premiere)
Kaloum in La statue (premiere)
le Marquis in Le café du roi
Placidus in La nuit aux gondoles (premiere)
Don Gregorio in Le tête enchantée (premiere)

1862

Utobal in Joseph
l'Ogre de la forêt in La chatte merveilleuse (premiere)

1863

Don Armado in Peines d'amours perdues
Sparafucile in Rigoletto

1864

Ambroise in Mireille (premiere)
Le baron in Violetta
Le docteur in Le cousin Babylas (premiere)

1865

Candaule in Le roi Candaule (premiere)
Le bourgmestre in Lisbeth ou la Cinquantaine
Lord Tristan in Martha

1866

Ford in Les joyeuses commères de Windsor
Van Daff in Les dragées de Suzette (premiere)

1867

le Duc de Vérone in Roméo et Juliette (premiere)
Simon Glover in La jolie fille de Perth (premiere)

1868

Pandolphe in L'irato
Toby in Le brasseur de Preston

References

^ Chitty, Alexis; Brown, Maurice J.E.; Ellis, Katharine. "Wartel" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. London: Macmillan, 2001. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5 (hardcover). OCLC 419285866 (eBook).
^ Fétis F-J. Thérèse Wartel. In: Biographie universelle des musiciens, supplement, vol 2. Paris, 1878. View at Google Books.
^ Walsh TJ. Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870. John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. ISBN 978-0-7145-3659-0.

[1] Chitty, Alexis; Brown, Maurice J.E.; Ellis, Katharine. "Wartel" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. London: Macmillan, 2001. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5 (hardcover). OCLC 419285866 (eBook).

[Fetis-2] Fétis F-J. Thérèse Wartel. In: Biographie universelle des musiciens, supplement, vol 2. Paris, 1878. View at Google Books.

[Walsh-3] Walsh TJ. Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870. John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. ISBN 978-0-7145-3659-0.

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