Victor Warot

He made his professional opera début at the Opéra-Comique in 1858 in Armand Limnander's Les monténégrins followed by that of George Brown in La Dame Blanche.

[2] From 1861 until 1869 he was engaged at the Paris Opera where he portrayed roles in several world premieres, including Tebaldo in Victor Massé’s La mule de Pedro (1863) and Don Alvaro in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine (1865).

[1] Warot appeared on the concert platform in David’s Le désert and Christoph Colomb, in Berlioz’s L'enfance du Christ and in Pergoleisi’s Stabat Mater.

[1] Warot devoted himself to teaching singing after his opera career ended, in 1886 becoming professor at the Paris Conservatoire in the place of Marc Bonnehée who had recently died.

[2] A number of his pupils went on to have successful careers, including Lucienne Bréval, Edmond Clément, Jeanne Hatto, and Lina Pacary.