Antoine Gaspard

Antoine Gaspard was a baritone from Toulouse, married to the Opéra dancer Clémentine LarieuxL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026).. He made his debut at the Paris Opéra on 11 March 1867 by creating the Comte de Lerme in Don CarlosL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026).Corago (n.d.) Gaspard. Università di Bologna opera performance database. (Accessed: 19 October 2026)., and stayed in the company's secondary parts for nearly twenty yearsL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026).: Leuthold and Melchtal in Guillaume Tell, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Horatio in HamletL'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026).. He created a gravedigger in Hamlet, a centurion in Gounod's Polyeucte in 1878 and Cranmer in Saint-Saëns's Henry VIII in 1883L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026)., and was Monterone in the Opéra's first Rigoletto in 1885L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Dictionnaire des chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris: Antoine Gaspard. (Accessed: 19 October 2026)..