Joseph Royer

Joseph Royer (1884, Quebec City – August 10, 1965, Phoenix, Arizona) was a Canadian operatic baritone.

Born in Quebec City, Royer moved with his family to the United States as a child and spent his youth in Berlin, New Hampshire.

After working as a church musician in his hometown, he moved to New York City to study singing with Victor Maurel.

In 1912 he portrayed Raminagrobis in the world premiere of Jules Massenet's Panurge at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris.

He performed several more roles at the Met in 1936–37, including Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Amonasro in Aida, and Aaron Burr in the world premiere of Walter Damrosch's The Man Without a Country.