Charles Dalmorès

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Charles Dalmorès (January 1, 1871-December 6, 1939) was a French tenor.

Born in Nancy, Dalmorès made his debut at the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen on October 6, 1899. Following this he spent six years with the Théâtre de la Monnaie and seven at Covent Garden. His American debut took place in Charles Gounod's Faust, in which he appeared with the Manhattan Opera Company on December 7, 1906. He spent four years with the company, specializing in French roles; for American audiences he created the roles of Julien in Gustave Charpentier's Louise and Jean Gaussin in Jules Massenet's Sapho. In 1910 he joined the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera, moving in 1917 to the Chicago Opera. There he sang for the first time the title roles in Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde.

Dalmorès died in Hollywood, California, in 1939.

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• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.