Eugène Vauthier
Eugène Vauthier (29 September 1843 – 11 November 1910) was a French baritone whose career was in comic operas by Offenbach, Lecocq, Hervé and other composers of the genre.From childhood he was passionate about the theatre, and after learning his craft in the French provinces he made his Paris début in 1869 in an opéra-bouffe, Le Canard à trois becs – the duck with three beaks – at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques.[2] From then on, in the words of Le Figaro, "for more than twenty years, in full possession of the favour of the public, he created or re-created roles in the principal operettas, each new interpretation adding to his reputation".His last operatic creation was Squire Alcofribas in Claude Terrasse's opéra bouffe Sire de Vergy, at the Théâtre des Variétés in 1903.In 1905, Fernand Samuel, director of the Variétés, organised a benefit performance for Vauthier, who then retired from the stage and settled in Cassis in the Riviera.
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