Auguste Aramini (14 May 1875 – 27 May 1950) was a French-born Canadian singer. Aramini was born in

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, France. He is thought to have emigrated to Canada as a singer in the theatre performance company of René Harmant (

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1897–1912), who arrived in Canada in 1897. While in

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, he made several recordings for the Berliner label, including ''Faut te faire vacciner'' and ''Adieux d'amants''. In 1905, the Ligues de Vertu à Montréal applied pressure to the theatre industry of Montreal to stop the display of questionable morality, they say, in the current theatre. Harmant's company departed for New York that year, and Aramini accompanied them. In 1947, he married Belgian opera singer and radio actress

Jeanne Maubourg Jeanne Maubourg (November 10, 1873 – 9 May 1953) was a Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1909 to 1914, taught voice in Montreal, and was heard in Canadian radio dramas in the 1930s and 1940s. ...

in Montreal.

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1875 births 1950 deaths People from Agen 20th-century Canadian male opera singers Singers from Montreal Place of death missing French emigrants to Canada {{Canada-opera-singer-stub