Molinier (baritone)

Molinier^[1] was the stage name of François Gély (1807–1859), a French operatic baritone who mostly performed minor roles at the Paris Opéra.^[2]

He made his professional debut without much success on 15 February 1826 with the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Feydeau as Alibour in Méhul's Euphrosine et Coradin .^[2]

He first appeared at the Paris Opéra on 2 October 1837 as an emergency replacement in a leading bass role, Pietro in Daniel Auber's La muette de Portici . He sang with great emotion, but was thought to have overextended his resources. However, having rescued the performance (and the receipts), he was rewarded by engagement as a company regular, and continued to sing there until 1854.^[2] During this period he created a number of minor roles, as noted in the list below. He also performed other minor roles, such as a herald-in-arms in Meyerbeer's Robert le diable , the Comte de Nevers in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots , Rodolphe and Melcthal in Rossini's Guillaume Tell , and Pharaon in Rossini's Moïse .^[3]

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Sources

• Parsons, Charles H. (1993). Opera Premieres: An Index of Casts/Performers: K–Z, Volume 16 in the series The Mellen Opera Index. Lewiston, New York: The Edward Mellen Press. ISBN 9780889464155.
• Tamvaco, Jean-Louis (2000). Les Cancans de l'Opéra. Chroniques de l'Académie Royale de Musique et du théâtre, à Paris sous les deux restorations (2 volumes, in French). Paris: CNRS Editions. ISBN 9782271056856.
• Wolff, Stéphane (1962). L'Opéra au Palais Garnier (1875–1962). Paris: Deposé au journal L'Entr'acte OCLC 7068320, 460748195. Paris: Slatkine (1983 reprint) ISBN 9782050002142.

• French operatic baritones
• 1807 births
• 1859 deaths
• 19th-century French male opera singers

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