Lucien Bouché
also Étienne-Lucien Bouché
Birthplace: Villemeux-sur-Eure, French Empire
A French bass who created Moser in Verdi's I masnadieri at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1847. Born at Villemeux-sur-Eure, he sang at the Grand-Théâtre in Bordeaux before joining the Paris Opéra in 1841, where he made his debut in Robert le diable and created Kaspar in the Opéra's Le Freischütz, with Berlioz's recitatives. He toured Italy and England, singing Verdi in Ernani, Luisa Miller and Il trovatore, and from 1851 sang at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris and in Marseille. He died at Nogent-le-Rotrou in 1891.
Creations
- Moser — I masnadieri
Written from
- Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Bouché, Lucien', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 99.
- Dezède (n.d.) Etienne-Lucien Bouché. (Accessed: 14 October 2026).
- Ernest Reyer (n.d.) Etienne-Lucien Bouché. (Accessed: 14 October 2026).