レオポルド・シモノー
Simoneau was the prototypical Mozart tenor, with an unusually sweet voice, strong breath control, easy pianos and pianissimos, and graceful phrasing. His unstrained head voice also made him ideal for French lyric roles, such as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, Nicias in Thais, and Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles, operas in which he enjoyed great success as well.
He studied in Montreal with Salvator Issaurel and made his operatic debut there in 1941, as Hadji in Delibes' Lakmé. In 1949, he made his debuts in Paris, at the Opera-Comique as Vincent in Gounod's Mireille and at the Opera as Tamino in The Magic Flute. His Glyndebourne debut was in 1951 as Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo, and he made his La Scala, Vienna Staatsoper, Salzburg, and Met debuts in Mozart roles as well. While Mozart and French operas made up his core repertoire, he also appeared in the lighter Italian roles, including Alfredo in La traviata.
He married soprano Pierrette Alarie in 1946. After their retirements, they founded the Canada Opera Piccola a touring company that specializes in nurturing young singers, in 1986. (One of Opera Piccola's alumni is tenor Richard Margison.) Though the performance version is heavily cut, his Idamante in Pritchard's first recording of Idomeneo (EMI CHS7 63685-2) is ravishing, as is his Nadir on Philips under Fournet (Philips 434 782-2).
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Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre Lamoureux, Jean Fournet
Classical - Decca Music Group Ltd. 発売日 1954/01/01
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Tragic Opera in three acts
Hans Rosbaud, Orchestre Lamoureux, Léopold Simoneau
Classical - Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording 発売日 2022/01/05
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Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (Mono Version)
Léopold Simoneau, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Pierre-Michel Le Conte, Orchestre des concerts de Paris
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1959/01/01
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レオポルド・シモノー・オペラ・アリア&デュエット集
Classical - Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg 発売日 1999/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (French Version, Mono Version)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Hans Rosbaud, Léopold Simoneau, Suzanne Danco
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1958/01/01
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Berlioz: Grande messe des morts "Requiem" (Live)
Léopold Simoneau, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Classical - Orfeo 発売日 1978/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (1893 Version, Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre Lamoureux, Jean Fournet
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 2013/01/01
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Récital Léopold Simoneau (Mono Version)
Léopold Simoneau, Paul Strauss, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Opera - BNF Collection 発売日 1958/01/01
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leopold Simoneau
Classical - Preiser Records 発売日 2006/10/12
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Mozart: Airs de concert & Duos d'opéra (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Walter Goehr
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1961/01/01
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Delibes: Lakmé, sélection (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pierre Dervaux
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1956/01/01
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Opernarien und -Duette (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1960/01/01
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, Extracts (Mono Version)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Léopold Simoneau
Classical - BNF Collection 発売日 1963/01/01
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Mozart: La flûte enchantée, airs (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, André Jouve
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1958/01/01
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Singer Portrait: Simoneau & Alarie
Léopold Simoneau, Pierrette Alarie
Opera - The Art Of Singing 発売日 2015/03/13
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Léopold Simoneau: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 (Recorded 1952-1959)
Classical - Documents 発売日 2017/02/07
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck · orphée et eurydice
Léopold Simoneau, Suzanne Danco, Pierrette Alarie, Hans Rosbaud, Orchestre Lamoureux
Classical - G.O.P. 発売日 2023/02/28
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Mozart: Airs d'opéras (Mono Version)
Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, André Jouve
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1956/01/01
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Bizet: Carmen (Mono Version)
Consuelo Rubio, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre-Michel Le Conte
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1961/01/01
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Verdi: La traviata, extraits (Mono Version)
Léopold Simoneau, Maria Moralès, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pierre Dervaux
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1954/01/01
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Verdi: La traviata, extraits (Mono Version)
María de los Angeles, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pierre Dervaux
Miscellaneous - BNF Collection 発売日 1956/01/01
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo