Gérard Souzay
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Gérard Souzay was a French baritone born Gérard Marcel Tisserand on 8 December 1918 in Angers. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before entering the Paris Conservatoire in 1940. He began his vocal training as a tenor but became a baritone in 1943 on the advice of Henri Etcheverry. Souzay graduated in 1945 and made his first professional appearances that year, including a performance of Fauré's Requiem (1945) at the Royal Albert Hall. He made his operatic debut in 1947 in a production of Cimarosaâs Il matrimonio segreto. In 1954, he began a long-term artistic partnership with the pianist Dalton Baldwin. His recording career included more than 750 titles and complete cycles of the songs of Fauré and Poulenc. Souzay earned three Grand Prix du Disque awards, including one for his recording of the songs of Ravel. His operatic roles included Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande and the title role in Don Giovanni. He retired in the late 1980s and died on 17 August 2004 in Antibes.
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- Gluck: La rencontre imprévue: C'est un torrent impétueux...un ruisselet bien clair featuring Robert Corman
- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) / Act 3: Cara sposa! Euricice!..Che faro senza Euridice featuring Orchestre Lamoureux
- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) / Act 2: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol" featuring Orchestre Lamoureux
- Handel: Partenope / Act 2: Combattono il mio core...Furibondo spira il vento featuring Orchestre Lamoureux
- Handel: Il Floridante, HWV 14 / Act 1: Alma mia featuring Raymond Leppard
- Handel: Radamisto, HWV 12 / Act 1: Perfido, di a quell'empio featuring Raymond Leppard
- Handel: Tolomeo, HWV 25 / Act 3: Che piu si tarda...Stille amare featuring Raymond Leppard
- Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 2: Scacciata dal suo nido featuring Raymond Leppard
- Rameau: Dardanus / Act 4: Voici les tristes lieux...Monstre affreux featuring Raymond Leppard
- Rameau: Castor et Pollux: Nature, amour, qui partagez mon coeur featuring Raymond Leppard
- Säv, Säv, susa No. 4, Op.36
- Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Act 2: "Ah! qu'on daigne du moins...Puisque Pluton" featuring Raymond Leppard
- Handel: Berenice, HWV 38 / Act 2: Si, tra i ceppi featuring Raymond Leppard
- Die stille Stadt No. 5, Op. 50
- Le Charme, Op. 2, No. 2
- Monteverdi: La favola d'Orfeo / Act 2: Tu sei morta mia vita featuring Orchestre Lamoureux
- Lully: Persée: Je ne puis dans votre malheur featuring Raymond Leppard
- Lully: Cadmus et Hermione / Act 5: Belle Hermione, hélas featuring Raymond Leppard
- Lully: Alceste / Act 4: Il faut passer tôt ou tard featuring Raymond Leppard
- Le Temps des lilas, Op. 19
- Le Colibri, Op. 2, No. 7
- Den fjelden zu: Den fjelden zu
- In der Frühe: In der Frühe
- Herr, was rägt der Boden hier: Herr, was rägt der Boden hier
