Jean Vieuille

Jean Vieuille was a French bass-baritone singer (born Paris, 14 February 1902, died Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, 6 April 1967) who enjoyed a long stage career mainly centred at the Paris Opéra-Comique.
Life and career.
His teachers were Albert Carré, Léon David and his uncle, Félix Vieuille.
He made his debut as the Count in "Le Nozze di Figaro" by Mozart in 1926 at the Théâtre Trianon Lyrique, and undertook a season at the Théâtre Municipal in Strasbourg.
From 1928 to 1958 Vieuille sang mainly at the Paris Opéra-Comique, and from 1950 also at the Paris Opéra. His repertoire included Carmagnola in "Les Brigands", Nicklauss and Lindorf in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", Dancaïre and Escamillo in "Carmen", Angelotti in "Tosca", Melot in "Tristan und Isolde", Marcel in "La bohème", and Albert in "Werther".
He sang in the premieres of "La Peau de Chagrin" by Charles Levadé (1929), "Le Sicilien" by Omer Letorey (1930), "Gargantua" by Antoine Mariotte (1935), "Ginevra" by Marcel Bertrand (1942), "Guignol" by André Bloch (1949), "Marion ou La Belle au Tricorne" by Pierre Wissmer (1951) and "Dolores" by Michel-Maurice Levy (1952).
In 1948 he appeared in a Jean Loubignac film "Le Barbier de Séville" (based on the Rossini opera), as Pédrille.
Recordings.
Vieuille sang in complete 1950s recordings of "Carmen" (conducted by Albert Wolff, and by André Cluytens), as Brétigny in "Manon" (with Pierre Monteux), "Pelléas et Mélisande" (conducted by Cluytens) and "La Poule noire" (conducted by Richard Blareau). He had previously recorded songs from "Ciboulette", "Monsieur Beaucaire", "La Mascotte" and "Véronique" and by Hahn for Parlophone.