Jules Bastin (18 August 1933, Brussels – 2 December 1996, Waterloo) was a Belgian operatic bass who excelled in both serious and comic roles, and left several recordings.
Born in Pont-Bellevaux-Ligneuville [fr], he was briefly a teacher of German, French and history before vocal studies in Brussels led to a professional singing career.
[1] The New York Times reported: "Mr. Bastin sang the starring bass roles in Verdi's Don Carlo and in operas by Mozart, Wagner and other composers.
The obituary in Opera noted he was "accomplished as an actor and as a singer, he excelled in roles calling for display of character".
Bastin left a range of recordings representative of his repertoire, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France site lists several video recordings with him in, Les Trois Souhaits ou Les vicissitudes de la vie from Lyon (the captain, 1991), L'étoile (Siroco, 1986), and L'amour des trois oranges (female chef, 1989).