Octave Dua

Octave Dua (28 February 1882, Ghent - 8 March 1952, Brussels) was a Belgian operatic tenor.

[1] He was born Octavus Eduardus Dua on 28 February 1882 in Ghent.

He made his professional debut at La Monnaie in 1907 as Jeník in The Bartered Bride.

[2] He appeared in 1919 in Covent Garden in the British premiere of M. Ravel's L'Heure espagnole.

He appeared on 30 December 1921 in the world premiere in Chicago of S. Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges singing the role of Truffaldino.