Barnolt
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Barnolt was the stage name of Paul Fleuret (1844–1900), a French operatic tenor
associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
and further appearances at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (1866) where he began to take on roles in the trial
repertoire.
Barnolt made his debut at the Opéra-Comique
on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in Zampa
and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the l’Opéra-Comique". He sang Remendado in the premiere of Carmen
and returned to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883, 1891 and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in Thomas
' Mignon
the night of the fire at the Salle Favart on 25 May 1887.
At the Opéra-Comique he also sang the roles of Ali-bajou (Le Caïd), Lillas Pastia (Carmen), Dickson (La dame blanche
), Bertrand (Le déserteur
), Thibaut (Les dragons de Villars
), Beppo (Fra Diavolo
), Midas (Galathée), le Poète (Louise
), Benetto (Le maitre de chapelle), Fréderic (Mignon), Basilio (The Marriage of Figaro
), Blaise (Le nouveau seigneur de village), Cantarelli (Le Pré aux clercs
), Guillaume (Richard Coeur-de-lion
), Scapin (La Serva Padrona
), Mouck (La statue
).
His last recorded performances are in 1900, the year of his death.
Barnolt also sang in the Paris premieres of Werther
(Schmidt) in 1893, Falstaff
(Bardolphe) in 1894 and La bohème
(Parpignol) 1898.
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
Career
After a year of study at the Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers included Charles Bataille, Barnolt made his debut at the Folies-MarignyThéâtre Marigny
The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny, in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panorama, which opened in 1883...
and further appearances at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (1866) where he began to take on roles in the trial
Antoine Trial
Antoine Trial was a French singer and actor. He was the younger brother of the musician Jean-Claude Trial and husband of soprano Marie-Jeanne ....
repertoire.
Barnolt made his debut at the Opéra-Comique
Opéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the...
on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in Zampa
Zampa
Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre is an opéra comique in three acts by French composer Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold...
and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the l’Opéra-Comique". He sang Remendado in the premiere of Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
and returned to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883, 1891 and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon and Hamlet and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.-Biography:"There is good music, there is bad music, and then there is Ambroise Thomas."- Emmanuel Chabrier-Early life...
' Mignon
Mignon
Mignon is an opéra comique in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's The Dead,...
the night of the fire at the Salle Favart on 25 May 1887.
At the Opéra-Comique he also sang the roles of Ali-bajou (Le Caïd), Lillas Pastia (Carmen), Dickson (La dame blanche
La Dame blanche
La dame blanche is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and is based on episodes from no less than five of the works by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels The Monastery, Guy Mannering, and The...
), Bertrand (Le déserteur
Le déserteur
Le déserteur is an opéra comique by the French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine. It was first staged at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 6 March 1769....
), Thibaut (Les dragons de Villars
Les dragons de Villars
Les dragons de Villars is an opéra-comique in three acts by Aimé Maillart to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Joseph-Philippe Lockroy.-Performance history:...
), Beppo (Fra Diavolo
Fra Diavolo
Fra Diavolo , is the popular name given to Michele Pezza, a famous Neapolitan guerrilla leader who resisted the French occupation of Naples, proving an “inspirational practicioner of popular insurrection”. Pezza figures prominently in folk lore and fiction...
), Midas (Galathée), le Poète (Louise
Louise (opera)
Louise is an opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists....
), Benetto (Le maitre de chapelle), Fréderic (Mignon), Basilio (The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
), Blaise (Le nouveau seigneur de village), Cantarelli (Le Pré aux clercs
Le Pré aux clercs
Le pré aux clercs is an opéra comique in three acts by Ferdinand Hérold with a libretto by François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard based on Prosper Mérimée's Chronique du temps de Charles IX of 1829.-Performance history:...
), Guillaume (Richard Coeur-de-lion
Richard Coeur-de-lion (opera)
Richard Coeur-de-lion is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by the Belgian composer André Grétry. was by Michel-Jean Sedaine. The work is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece and one of the most important French opéras comiques...
), Scapin (La Serva Padrona
La serva padrona
La serva padrona is an opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, after the play by Jacopo Angello Nelli. The opera is only 45 minutes long and was originally performed as an intermezzo between the acts of a larger serious opera...
), Mouck (La statue
La statue
La statue is an opera in three acts and five tableaux by Ernest Reyer to the libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based on tales from One Thousand and One Nights and La statue merveilleuse, an 1810 carnival play by Alain-René Lesage and Jacques-Philippe d'Orneval.Although in its story opera...
).
His last recorded performances are in 1900, the year of his death.
Roles created
Among thirty Opéra-Comique premieres were:- Pacôme in Le roi l'a ditLe roi l'a ditLe roi l'a dit is an opéra comique in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet. It is a lively comedy, remarkably requiring 14 singers – six men and eight women...
, 1873 - Remendado in Carmen, 1875
- Ridendo in Les Noces de Fernande, 1878
- Séraphin in Le Pain bis, 1879
- Desfonandrès/1st médecin in L’amour medecin, 1880
- Trivelin in Joli Gilles, 1884
- Basile in Le roi malgré luiLe roi malgré luiLe roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not found a place in the repertory, mainly because of the poor libretto...
, 1887 - Gil in Proserpine, 1887
- Guillaume in La BasocheLa BasocheLa Basoche is an opéra comique in three acts of 1890, with music by André Messager and a French libretto by Albert Carré.-History:Messager's 1889 opérette Le mari de la reine at Bouffes-Parisiens was a disappointment, and the composer and his wife were struggling to afford even basic necessities...
, 1890 - Cynalopex in Phryné, 1893
Barnolt also sang in the Paris premieres of Werther
Werther
Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe....
(Schmidt) in 1893, Falstaff
Falstaff (opera)
Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy...
(Bardolphe) in 1894 and La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
(Parpignol) 1898.