Gabriel Bacquier
French opera singer
Gabriel Bacquier (17 May 1924 – 13 May 2020) was a French operatic baritone.[1] He was a long-term member of the Opéra-Comique and the Paris Opera. He also appeared at leading opera houses in Europe and the United States.
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| Born | Augustin-Raymond-Théodore-Louis Bacquier 17 May 1924 Béziers, France |
| Died | 13 May 2020 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Operatic baritone |
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Bacquier made his American debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1962 as the High Priest in Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns.
Bacquier died on 13 May 2020, aged 95.[2]
References
change- ↑ Rosenthal, Harold and John Warrack. (1979, 2nd ed.). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. London, New York and Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-19-311318-X.
- ↑ Yannick Boussaert: Décès de Gabriel Bacquier (in French) forumopera.com 13 May 2020. Accessed 13 May 2020.
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