RIP Gabriel Bacquier, operatic baritone, who passed away today at the age of 95.
May 13, 2020 | News | 2 comments
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A very fine voice and a great singing-actor. His Don Giovanni is still the best I’ve come across in the opera house (he recorded the role for Richard Bonynge in 1969). He also made a brief but highly enjoyable appearance in Claude Berri’s 1999 film Manon des Sources.
A memorable career.
Agreed! He was a much-recorded artist and gave of his best in the French repertoire especially. He had that special ability afforded to a few of bringing performances in the studio to vivid life and making them wonderfully non-visual ‘theatrical’ experiences.