Barnolt was the stage name of Paul Fleuret (14 June 1839 – 15 June 1900), a French operatic

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associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Career

After a year of study at the

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, where his teachers included Charles Bataille, Barnolt made his debut at the Folies-Marigny and further appearances at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (1866) where he began to take on roles in the

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repertoire.Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895. Barnolt made his debut at the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienn ...

on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in ''

Zampa ''Zampa'','' ou La fiancée de marbre'' (''Zampa, or the Marble Bride'') is an opéra comique in three acts by French composer Ferdinand Hérold, with a libretto by Mélesville. The overture to the opera is one of Hérold's most famous works a ...

'' and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the Opéra-Comique".Soubies A, Malherbe C. ''Histoire de l'opéra comique – La seconde salle Favart 1840–1887.'' Flammarion, Paris, 1893. He sang Remendado in the premiere of ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opér ...

'' and returned to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883, 1891, and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in

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' ''

Mignon ''Mignon'' is an 1866 ''opéra comique'' (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's 1795-96 novel '' Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre''. ...

'' the night of the fire at the Salle Favart on 25 May 1887.Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900–1950).'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953. At the Opéra-Comique he also sang the roles of Ali-bajou (''

Le Caïd ''Le caïd'', also spelled ''Le kaïd'' (''The Qaid''), is a comic opera (' or ') in two acts composed by Ambroise Thomas to a libretto by Thomas Sauvage. It was premiered on 3 January 1849 by the Opéra-Comique at the second Salle Favart in Paris ...

''), Lillas Pastia (''Carmen''), Dickson (''

La dame blanche ''La dame blanche'' ( English: ''The White Lady'') is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and is based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Sco ...

''), Bertrand ('' Le déserteur''), Thibaut ('' Les dragons de Villars''), Beppo (''

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''), Midas (''Galathée''), le Poète ('' Louise''), Benetto (''

Le maître de chapelle ''Le maître de chapelle, ou Le souper imprévu'' (''The Chapelmaster, or The Unexpected Supper'') is an opéra comique in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The French libretto, by Sophie Gay, is based on ''Le souper imprévu, ou Le ...

''), Fréderic (''Mignon''), Basilio (''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' ( opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It pre ...

''), Blaise (''Le Nouveau Seigneur de village''), Cantarelli (''

Le Pré aux clercs ''Le pré aux clercs'' (''The Clerks' Meadow'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Ferdinand Hérold with a libretto by François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard based on Prosper Mérimée's ''Chronique du temps de Charles IX'' of 1829.Pougin A. ...

''), Guillaume (''

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''), Scapin (''

La Serva Padrona ''La serva padrona'', or ''The Maid Turned Mistress'', is a 1733 intermezzo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) to a libretto by Gennaro Federico, after the play by Jacopo Angello Nelli. It is some 40 minutes long, in two parts without ...

''), and Mouck ('' La statue''). His last recorded performances are in 1900, the year of his death.Stoullig E. ''

Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique ''Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique'' ("The Annals of Theatre and Music") was an annual French periodical which covered French dramatic and lyric theatre for 42 years, from 1875 to 1916. The volumes also covered concert series and ne ...

, 26eme edition, 1900.'' Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1901.

Roles created

Among thirty Opéra-Comique premieres were: *Pacôme in ''

Le roi l'a dit ''Le roi l'a dit'' (''The King Has Spoken'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet. It is a lively comedy, remarkably requiring 14 singers – six men and eight women.MacDonald H. "Le roi l'a di ...

'', 1873 *Remendado in ''Carmen'', 1875 *Ridendo in ''Les Noces de Fernande'', 1878 * Séraphin in ''Le Pain bis'', 1879 *Desfonandrès/1st médecin in ''L’amour médecin'', 1880 *Trivelin in ''Joli Gilles'', 1884 *Basile in ''

Le roi malgré lui ''Le roi malgré lui'' (''King in Spite of Himself'' or ''The reluctant king'') is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier of 1887 with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but h ...

'', 1887 *Gil in ''Proserpine'', 1887 *Guillaume in ''

La Basoche ''La Basoche'' is an opéra comique in three acts, with music by André Messager and words by Albert Carré. The opera is set in Paris in 1514 and depicts the complications that arise when the elected "king" of the student guild, the Basoche, is ...

'', 1890 *Cynalopex in ''Phryné'', 1893 Barnolt also sang in the Paris premieres of ''

Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''T ...

'' (Schmidt) in 1893, ''

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'' (Bardolphe) in 1894 and ''

La bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuse ...

'' (Parpignol) 1898.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnolt 1839 births 1900 deaths French operatic tenors 19th-century French male opera singers Conservatoire de Paris alumni