Hector Dupeyron [SEP] voice type
Hector Dupeyron
Hector Dupeyron (1861–1911) was a French operatic tenor who had a prolific opera career in Europe from 1887 through 1906. Possessing a powerful and dramatic voice, he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Biography.
Dupeyron studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Ernest Boulanger and Louis-Henri Obin. He made his professional opera debut in 1887 at the opera house in Nîmes as Eleazar in Halévy's "La Juive". He sang at that same house for the next two
from the opera stage in 1906, after which he worked in Paris as a singing teacher until his death. Among the first generation of musicians to be recorded, his voice is preserved on a handful of recordings made with Pathé in 1902 and Odeon Records in 1905.
Sources.
- Biography of Hector Dupeyron on Operissimo.com (in German). Accessed March 4, 2009.