Jean Delvoye

Jean Delvoye (25 November 1854, in Liège – 13 June 1938, in Ougrée) was a Belgian baritone, who, after working in the French provinces, enjoyed a long career in Paris, centred on the Opéra-Comique, and left some recordings representative of his repertoire.

Delvoye studied singing at the Conservatoire de Liège under Georges Bonheur, obtaining a 2nd prize after only five months.

[2] He sang in Dunkerque during the 1886-1887 season,[3] before moving on to Angers (1887-1888) then Nantes for two seasons, singing Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, and appearing as well in Les dragons de Villars, La Béarnaise, Si j'étais roi and Le Roi d'Ys.

He spent 1890 to 1893 in Marseille, where he also took lessons from Ismaël as well as appearing in local premieres of Le Rêve et La Basoche.

They cover various national schools: French or Paris-based composers Adam, Carafa, Flotow, Gounod, Grétry, Grisart, Isouard, Maillart, Massé, Massenet, Messager, Meyerbeer, Planquette, Reyer, Saint-Saëns and Thomas; the Belgian Gevaert; Italians Donizetti, Paër and Rossini; and Germans Mozart and Humperdinck.