Delestan
A bass of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, where he sang small parts for fifteen years and created severalCasaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Delestan', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 27 September 2026).. He was the drunkard in the premiere of Massenet's Le jongleur de Notre-Dame on 18 February 1902, Michel and Amrou in Xavier Leroux's Théodora in 1907, a follower in Albert Dupuis's La passion in 1916, and the major-domo in La rondine on 27 March 1917Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Delestan', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 27 September 2026).. His other Monte Carlo parts included Zuniga, Monterone and the Duke of Norfolk in Henry VIIICasaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Delestan', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 27 September 2026)., and he sang Ceprano in a gala Rigoletto at the Paris Opéra in May 1912Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Delestan', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 27 September 2026)..
Creations
- Un maggiordomo — La rondine (Monte Carlo, 1917)
Written from
- Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Delestan', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 27 September 2026).