Max Bouvet
also Nicolas-Maximilien Bouvet
Birthplace: La Rochelle, FranceWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Bouvet, Maximilien-Nicolas', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 345-346.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026).
A French baritoneWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article. who created roles by Chabrier, Lalo, Massenet and BruneauWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article., and a landscape painter whose work the French state boughtWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026).. He left the Paris Conservatoire without being admitted to its examinationsBourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026)., sang at the Eldorado café-concert and in operettaWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026)., and joined the Opéra-Comique as Figaro in 1884Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Bouvet, Maximilien-Nicolas', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 345-346.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026).. There he created Henri de Valois in Le roi malgré lui, Karnac in Le roi d'Ys and the Bishop of Blois in EsclarmondeWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026)., and was the first Paris Marcel in La bohèmeKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Bouvet, Maximilien-Nicolas', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 345-346.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Kutsch-Riemens lists him in the Opéra-Comique's first performances of La bohème (1898) without naming the part; Wikipedia lists Marcel among his Opéra-Comique roles. No single source states the two together.. At the Théâtre de la Monnaie he created Spendius in Reyer's SalammbôWikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026).. He taught at the Conservatoire until 1911Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026)..
Creations
- Marcello — La bohème (Paris, 1898)
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The English article.
- Wikipedia (2026) Max Bouvet. (Accessed: 23 September 2026). The French article.
- Bourrousse, L. (2020) The legacy of Jean-Baptiste Faure: Léon Melchissédec, Jean Lassalle, Max Bouvet, and Maurice Renaud. Marston Records. (Accessed: 23 September 2026).
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Bouvet, Maximilien-Nicolas', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 345-346.