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Fernand Francell (Gevrey-Chambertin, 1880 – Paris, 20 February 1966) was a French tenor and later actor and vocal teacher〔(Bibliothèque nationale de France : Fernand Francell (1880-1966) ), accessed 25 September 2015.〕 who was particularly associated with the Opéra-Comique.〔(L'Art Lyrique website ), accessed 25 September 2015.〕 ==Career== Born Fernand Claude Eugène François, he studied singing at the Paris Conservatoire as a pupil of Isnardon in the opéra comique class and with Rose Caron in vocal studies. He made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in September 1906 as Vincent in ''Mireille'' by Gounod,〔Stoullig, E. ''Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 32eme édition, 1906.'' Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1907, p. 111〕 going on later that year to sing in the premiere of the one-act ''Le Bonhomme Jadis'' by Dalcroze (Octave) and the role of Prince Yamadori in the French premiere of ''Madama Butterfly'' by Puccini. His other creations at the Opéra-Comique included ''Chiquito'' (the title role), ''La Danseuse de Pompéi'' (as Hyacinthe), ''Fortunio'' (title role), ''La Marchande d'allumettes'' (Gréham)〔(''la Marchande d'allumettes'', fiche technique "warm and ardent as Gréham" ) accessed 25 September 2015〕 ''Le Mariage de Télémaque'' (Télémaque), ''Solange'' (Frédéric), and in a double bill of the Paris premiere of ''La Vida Breve'' (singing Paco), coupled with ''Francesca da Rimini'' by Leoni (Paolo).〔 In 1908 Francell appeared at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris, in a new production of ''La Basoche'' alongside André Baugé, Edmée Favart and Lucien Fugère,〔Stoullig, E. ''Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 34eme édition, 1908.'' G Charpentier et E Fasquelle, Paris, 1909, p. 352〕 also singing Wilhelm Meister in ''Mignon''. He had a great success as Mârouf in Nice in 1921,〔('Fernand Francell dans "Marouf" de H. Rabaud' in Gallica (with photograph) ) accessed 25 September 2015.〕 and in 1922 he made a foray into comédie musicale with ''Monsieur l'amour'' and ''Le Secret de Polichinelle''.〔’L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1940)’ (http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm), accessed 18.08.09.〕 Other roles at the Salle Favart included Ange Pitou in ''La Fille de Madame Angot'', Almaviva in ''Le Barbier de Séville'', Clément Marot in ''La Basoche'', Rodolphe in ''La Bohème'', Don José in ''Carmen'', the title role in ''Les Contes d’Hoffmann'', Georges in ''La Dame Blanche'', Alexis in ''Le Déserteur'', Ottavio in ''Don Giovanni'', Tamino in ''The Magic Flute'', the title role in ''Fra Diavolo'', Pedro in ''La Habanera'', Jean in ''Jongleur de Notre-Dame'', the title role in ''Joseph'', Gérald in ''Lakmé'', Des Grieux in ''Manon'', Pelléas in ''Pelléas et Mélisande'', Nicias in ''Phryné'', and Jean in ''Sapho''. He left only a few recordings; for Odeon ''Traviata'' 'De ma folle jeunesse' and ''Fortunio'' 'Si vous croyez que je vais dire', for Eden Disques ''Mignon'' 'Adieu, Mignon, courage' and, for Lyraphon, ''Fortunio'' 'J'aimais la vieille maison grise'. In the 1930s Francell appeared in the films ''Les trois mousquetaires'' (as Louis XIII) in 1932 and ''L'Appel du Silence'' in 1936. His daughter was the singer and well-known stage and film actress Jacqueline Francell (1908-1962).〔(Bibliothèque nationale de France : Jacqueline Francell (1908-1962) ), accessed 25 September 2015.〕 They both appeared in ''L'Appel du Silence''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fernand Francell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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