Jean Borthayre [SEP] voice type
Jean Borthayre
Jean Borthayre (25 May 1901, Musculdy - 25 April 1984, Montmorency) was a French operatic baritone, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.
Career.
Mainly self-taught, Borthayre began his career singing as a soloist in a Basque choir, touring Europe. In about 1936, he began studying voice with his wife Marie-Louise, daughter of bass Louis Azéma. He made his operatic debut in 1941, at the Capitole de Toulouse, as Hérode in "Hérodiade",
conductor.
Discography (incomplete) As conductor Mono recordings.
- Bizet: "Les Pêcheurs de perles". Mattiwilda Dobbs, Enzo Seri, Jean Borthayre; Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra. Preiser (CD)
- Gluck: "Alceste" – Semser, Seri, Demigny, Mollien, Hoffmann, Lindenfelder, Chœur et Orch Phil de Paris, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris (1950)
- Gluck: "L'ivrogne corrigé": Jean-Christophe Benoît, Bernard Demigny, Claudine Collart, Freda Betti