Ernest Carbonne

Raymond Jean-Baptiste Ernest Carbonne (30 July 1860 in Toulouse – 1924) was a French tenor and stage director who had a long association with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
Life and career.
Carbonne studied at the , gaining first prizes in opéra comique and acting in 1887. He was a pupil of Achard and Bax at the Paris Conservatoire, winning first prize for opéra comique in 1889.
He made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 15 January 1890 as Sylvain in "les Dragons de Villars" and went on to sing many roles there. He created roles in "La Basoche", "La Carmélite", "Louise", "La reine Fiammette", as well as appearing in the Paris premieres of "Le jongleur de Notre Dame", "Falstaff" and "La Navarraise". Other roles included Steersman in "The Flying Dutchman", Évandre in "Alceste", Almaviva in "The Barber of Seville", Birotteau in "Le Caïd", Dickson in "La dame blanche", Daniel in "Le chalet", Horace in "Le domino noir", Lorenzo in "Fra Diavolo", Vincent in "Mireille", Nicias in "Phryné", Benoit in "Le roi l’a dit", Tricolin in "Le toréador", and the count in "La traviata".
From 1906 to 1913, and from 1919 to 1922, Carbonne was ‘directeur de la scene’ at the Opéra-Comique, responsible among other productions for the premiere of Ravel's "L’heure espagnole".
In 1911 Carbonne became the inaugural head of the 'Amicale des Régisseurs de Théâtre' upon its foundation in Paris.