Louis Musy

Louis Musy (22 October 1902, Algeria – 19 October 1981) was a French operatic baritone and stage director principally active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. His teacher was Léon David.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. "Großes Sängerlexikon". Francke, Bern & Stuttgart, 1987.</ref>
He made his debut in "Le Chemineau" by Leroux in 1925 at the Opéra-Comique and went on to sing many other French and Italian roles in the Opéra-Comique repertoire.
Musy was a member of the four-member committee which ran the Opéra-Comique after the liberation of Paris during 1944. From 1947 he was a director of staging at the theatre. His pupils included Xavier Depraz, Jean Dupouy, Jacques Loreau, Irène Sicot and Remy Corazza.
Roles created.
In addition to Paris premieres of several operas, he took part in the world premieres of:
Recordings.
He sang in recordings of "Carmen" in 1927 (as Escamillo), "Faust" in 1930 (Valentin), "The Tales of Hoffman" in 1948 (Lindorf), and "Louise" in 1956 (Father); as well as "L'école des maris" by Emmanuel Bondeville in 1954 (Sganarelle), and "Les mousquetaires au couvent" 1957 (Bridaine) and "La fille de Madame Angot" in 1958 (Larivaudière).
He played Dr. Bartolo in the 1948 Opéra-Comique film of "Le Barbier de Séville" directed by Jean Loubignac and conducted by André Cluytens.