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Album De Louis Delaquerrière (1856-1937) Ténor À L’Opéra-Comique De Paris, Professeur De Chant : Survol / Overview, Liliane Delaquerrière Richardson Jan 2007

Album De Louis Delaquerrière (1856-1937) Ténor À L’Opéra-Comique De Paris, Professeur De Chant : Survol / Overview, Liliane Delaquerrière Richardson

Louis Achille Delaquerrière Album

Louis Achille Delaquerrière (1856-1937) was a tenor at the Opéra-Comique, Paris. Born in Normandy, he attended the Petit Séminaire de Rouen - where he obtained his Baccalauréat ès Lettres - and was a choir boy in the Maîtrise de la cathédrale de Rouen. His vocal teachers included Louise de Miramont and Jean-Baptiste Faure. He married his teacher, soprano Louise de Miramont (1845-1911) in 1880.

Delaquerrière’s stage career began at the Opéra-Comique in Le Chalet (1881); his roles included: ‘Almaviva’ - Barber of Seville, ‘Don José’ - Carmen; he also appeared in Mignon (A. Thomas), La Dame Blanche …