Théodore Coulon

also Théodore Jean Joseph Coulon

Birthplace: Nivelles, Belgium

Théodore Coulon was a Belgian bass who spent nine years at the Paris Opéra after training at the Conservatoire, where he took an accessit in opéra-comique in 1848. He began at the Opéra-Comique in 1851 and passed through the Théâtre-Lyrique before joining the Opéra in 1853, creating roles in Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes, Félicien David's Herculanum and Gounod's La reine de Saba, and singing Biterolf in the Paris Tannhäuser of 1861. Later engagements took him to Brussels, Milan, Bordeaux, New York and New Orleans. He married the soprano Léonie Levielli in 1872.

Creations

Le Sire de Béthune — Les vêpres siciliennes
Biterolf — Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (Paris, 1861)

Written from

L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Coulon. (Accessed: 31 August 2026).
L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Opéras: T: Tannhäuser, Paris, Opéra, 13 March 1861. (Accessed: 31 August 2026).
Morris père et fils (1861) Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra: Tannhäuser, mercredi 13 mars 1861. Paris: Musée Carnavalet, AFF1525. (Accessed: 31 August 2026).