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Pedro Gailhard, full name Pierre Samson Gailhard, (1 August 1848 – 12 October 1918) was a French opera singer and theatre director.[1]
Pedro Gailhard | |
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| Born | Pierre Samson Gailhard 1 August 1848 |
| Died | 12 October 1918 (aged 70) |
| Occupation(s) | Opera singer, theatre director |
Gifted with an exceptional singing bass voice, Pedro Gailhard made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in December 1867,[1] then sang at the Opéra Garnier, as Mephisto in Faust by Charles Gounod in 1871, a role which he also sang at Covent Garden.[2] His interprétation of Leporello in Don Giovanni by Mozart was considered remarkable.
Pedro Gailhard was the first lyric artist to be named director of the Paris Opera,[3] which he headed from 1884 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1907. He was mentioned as such in the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.[4]
He was afterward director of the New York conservatory.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Anne-Marie Gouiffès, Pedro Gailhard, un artiste lyrique à la direction de l'Opéra de Paris. 1884-1907, 2000, thèse, dir. D. Pistone, Université Paris Sorbonne.
- ^ a b Rosenthal, Harold (January 20, 2001). "Gailhard, Pierre". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Covent Garden on record [sound recording] : a history. Volume I, 1870-1904" (Online library record). New York Public Library. Pearl. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Gouiffès, Anne-Marie. "Pedro Gailhard, un artiste lyrique à la direction de l'Opéra de Paris : 1884-1907" (Summary of PhD thesis). theses.fr. l’Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Leroux, Gaston (1910). "Phantom of the Opera". The Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
I have the anecdote, which is quite authentic, from M. Pedro Gailhard himself, the late manager of the Opera.