Marc Bonnehée

Bonnehée was born in Moumour (Basses-Pyrénées) and studied singing in Toulouse and then at the Paris Conservatory, where his teacher was the tenor Alphonse Révial.

[2] He made his debut at the Paris Opera on 16 December 1853 as Alphonse in Donizetti's La Favorite.

[4] He also sang the Count in the Paris Opera premiere of Verdi's Le trouvère (12 January 1857).

[5] Other prominent roles in his repertoire included the title role of Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Henri Asthon in Donizetti's Lucie de Lammermoor,[6][7] Cinna in Spontini's La vestale, and Lusignan in Halévy's La reine de Chypre.

[8] In 1865 Bonnehée appeared with great success in Madrid,[8] and in March 1869 he was engaged by the Opéra de Toulouse.