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Jean-Baptiste Faure
French opera singer
Jean-Baptiste Faure (French:[ʒɑ̃batistfɔʁ]) (15 January 1830 – 9 November 1914)[1] was a Frenchoperaticbaritone and art collector who also composed several classical songs.
Singing career
Faure was born in Moulins.
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A choirboy in his youth, he entered the Paris Conservatory in 1851 and made his operatic debut the following year at the Opéra-Comique, as Pygmalion in Victor Massé's Galathée. He remained at the Opéra-Comique for over seven years, singing baritone roles such as Max in Adolphe Adam's Le chalet and Michel in Thomas's Le caïd.
During this time he also created the Marquis d'Erigny in Auber's Manon Lescaut (1856) and Hoël in Meyerbeer's Le pardon de Ploërmel (1859; later known as Dinorah), among seven premieres at that house.[2]
He made his debut at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1860 as Hoël, and at the Paris Opera in 1861.
He would sing at the Opera every season until 1869 a