Louis Guéymard [SEP] voice type
Louis Guéymard
Louis Guéymard (17 August 1822 – July 1880) was a French operatic tenor. Born in Chaponnay, his parents were farmers and he worked on his family's farm until the age of 19. He then received voice training at the Opéra National de Lyon. He made his opera debut there in 1845 and then pursued further voice studies at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1846–1848.
Biography.
In 1848 Guéymard became a leading tenor at the Paris Opera where he sang until 1868. He created roles in
selected to create the role of Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi's "Don Carlos". The Opéra's director Émile Perrin was having difficulty in casting the role of Eboli. He removed the original singer he had chosen for the part, the contralto Rosine Bloch, in order to spare her voice for the role of Fidès in a revival of Meyerbeer's "Le prophète". He hoped to replace Bloch with the soprano Pauline Guéymard-Lauters, whose vocal range was exceptionally wide. In rehearsals she had proved herself capable of