Raymond Jean-Baptiste Ernest Carbonne (30 July 1860 in Toulouse – 1924) was a French tenor and stage director who had a long association with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
[1][2] Carbonne studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse [fr], gaining first prizes in opéra comique and acting in 1887.
[4] He made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 15 January 1890 as Sylvain in les Dragons de Villars and went on to sing many roles there.
[1] From 1906 to 1913, and from 1919 to 1922, Carbonne was ‘directeur de la scene’ at the Opéra-Comique, responsible among other productions for the premiere of Ravel's L’heure espagnole.
[5] In 1911, Carbonne became the inaugural head of the 'Amicale des Régisseurs de Théâtre' upon its foundation in Paris.