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Louis Gassier (30 April 1820 – 18 December 1871) was a French operatic baritone. [1]

Biography

Born in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var department), Gassier married the Spanish singer Josefa Gassier [ fr]. [2] He was hired with his wife in 1855 at Drury Lane in London, where they performed in La sonnambula and Il trovatore. [3]

Gassier died in Havana on 18 December 1871.

References

  1. ^ Claudine Lacoste-Veysseyre, in Théophile Gautier, Correspondance générale, volume 6, Droz, 1991, (p. 77)
  2. ^ Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, volume 3: Repercussions, 1857-1862, University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 550.
  3. ^ Le Ménestrel, 15 April 1855, p. 4
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis Gassier (30 April 1820 – 18 December 1871) was a French operatic baritone. [1]

Biography

Born in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var department), Gassier married the Spanish singer Josefa Gassier [ fr]. [2] He was hired with his wife in 1855 at Drury Lane in London, where they performed in La sonnambula and Il trovatore. [3]

Gassier died in Havana on 18 December 1871.

References

  1. ^ Claudine Lacoste-Veysseyre, in Théophile Gautier, Correspondance générale, volume 6, Droz, 1991, (p. 77)
  2. ^ Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, volume 3: Repercussions, 1857-1862, University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 550.
  3. ^ Le Ménestrel, 15 April 1855, p. 4

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