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François Wartel
Pierre-François Wartel, (born Versailles, 3 April 1806; died Paris 3 August 1882) was a French tenor and music educator. His wife was Thérèse Wartel, a talented pianist, and their son Émile was a bass who sang and created several operatic roles between 1857 and 1870 at the Théâtre Lyrique and later founded his own singing school.
Biography.
In 1825 François Wartel enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire as a pupil of Fromental Halévy, but soon thereafter began studies in Choron's Institut de
Émile Wartel
Louis Émile Wartel (31 March 1834, Paris – 5 May 1907, Paris) was an opera singer and teacher active in Paris. He was the son of the musicians François Wartel and Thérèse Wartel.
Life and career.
Wartel was an established singer at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris from 1858 until 1868, creating many baritone roles in new operas premiered there.
His repertoire was:
1858
- Valère in "Le médecin malgré lui" (premiere)
- Bartholo in "Les