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Victor Maurel (June 17, 1848 in Marseilles-October 22, 1923 in New York City
New York City

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 ) was a French operatic baritone
Baritone

Baritone is a type of European classical music male voice type that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice....
 who enjoyed an international reputation as a great singing-actor.

Educated in music at the Paris Conservatory, he made his debut in opera
Opera

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 in Marseilles in 1867, before appearing in the following year in Paris.






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Victor Maurel (June 17, 1848 in Marseilles-October 22, 1923 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 ) was a French operatic baritone
Baritone

Baritone is a type of European classical music male voice type that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice....
 who enjoyed an international reputation as a great singing-actor.

Educated in music at the Paris Conservatory, he made his debut in opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 in Marseilles in 1867, before appearing in the following year in Paris. New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 first heard him in 1873, when he performed at the Academy of Music. Later, he would sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House (in 1894-96 and 1898-99). Other famous venues at which he appeared included London
London

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's Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
, Covent Garden
Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
, in 1873-79, 1891-95 and 1904, and the Paris Opera
Paris Opera

Paris Opera may refer to:In theaters:*Th??tre de l'Acad?mie Royale de Musique, the official theatre of the French theatrical institution known as the Acad?mie Royale de Musique from 1821 until 1873...
, where he was on the roster of singers from 1879 through to 1894.

Maurel was renowned in Europe and the United States for his vivid stage presence and exceptional acting skills; but his voice, while of good quality, was not as impressive as that of his chief baritone rival, Jean Lassalle (1847-1909). He created Iago in Otello
Otello

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's Play Othello. It was Verdi's second to last opera and is considered by many to be his greatest tragedy....
 at La Scala
La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
, Milan
Milan

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, in 1887, and the title role in Falstaff
Falstaff (opera)

Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from William Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1....
 (also at La Scala, in 1893). These were the final two operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century....
. In 1892, Maurel had been the first Tonio in Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian opera composer. His opera Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the operatic repertory, appearing as number 14 on Opera America's 2007 list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America....
's Pagliacci
Pagliacci

Pagliacci is an opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. It recounts the tragedy of a jealous husband in a commedia dell'arte troupe....
.

Maurel was equally adept at performing roles in French and Italian opera. He appeared, too, in several German operas by Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
 and was a famous Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with Italian language libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered in the Estates Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787 in music....
 in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
's opera of the same name. After retiring from opera, Maurel taught singing in New York, where he died, aged 75. Some examples of his art are preserved on gramophone records which he made during the early years of the 20th century, when he was past his best. These recordings have been reissued on CD. He also wrote a number of books on opera and singing.