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Gabriel-Valentin Soulacroix (11 December 1853 (sources say 1852 ), Villeneuve-sur-Lot – 16 August 1905, Paris) was a French operatic baritone. He studied at Toulouse, where he won four first prizes, and then in Paris.〔Steane J. Gabriel Soulacroix. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.〕 ==Career== Making his debut in ''Mireille'' on 5 September 1878, Soulacroix appeared regularly at La Monnaie, Brussels, including in some local operatic premieres.〔Martin J. ''Nos artistes des theatres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895.〕 His repertoire in Brussels included ''Le timbre d'argent'' by Camille Saint-Saëns (10 February 1879, playing the doctor), ''L'orage'', an opéra-comique by Jean Urich (2 May 1879, Julien), ''The magic flute'' in French, (January to April 1880, Papageno), ''La Bernoise'', an opéra comique by Emile Mathieu (1 April 1880, André), ''Le capitaine Raymond'', an opéra comique by Jean-Baptiste Colyns (8 April 1881, Le comte de Guitaut), ''Jean de Nivelle'' by Léo Delibes (28 November 1882, Le comte de Charolais), ''Le panache blanc'', an opéra comique by Philippe Flon (15 February 1884), ''Manon'' (15 March 1884, Lescaut), ''Le trésor'', an opéra-comique by Charles Edouard Lefebvre (15 December 1884, Le duc Jean), ''Joli Gilles'' by Ferdinand Poise (7 February 1885, title role), and ''The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'' in French (7 March 1885, Sixtus Beckmesser).〔'Computerised Archival Retrieval in Multimedia Enhanced Networking' - The digital opera archives of La Monnaie. http://carmen.demunt.be/ accessed 25 August 2009.〕 Soulacroix joined the Opéra-Comique company in 1885, his first appearance being as Bellamy in ''Les dragons de Villars'' on 25 September 1885. He sang Ford in the 1894 production of ''Falstaff'', as well as Alfio (''Cavalleria rusticana''), Ourrias (''Mireille''), Schaunard (''La Boheme'') and Figaro (''The Barber of Seville''). He was on-stage singing Laerte in ''Mignon'' 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.〕 and later received a médaille de sauvetage. In December 1899 he added Oreste to his repertoire, in a production of ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' at the Théâtre de la Renaissance.〔 At the Covent Garden in London he sang the roles of Pedrillo, Escamillo, Figaro (Rossini), Alfio, Mercutio and Beckmesser. In addition, he was seen in a wide range of parts regularly at Monte Carlo from 1889 to 1904, including the title role in ''Zampa'' and Iago in ''Otello''.〔 His career was ended prematurely by his sudden death in middle-age. 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「Gabriel Soulacroix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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