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Charles-Amable Battaille
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[[File:Battaille Charles-Amable.jpg|thumb|<center>Charles-Amable Battaille in 1850.</center>]]
'''Charles-Amable Battaille''' (30 September 1822 – 2 May 1872) was a French [[Bass (voice type)|bass]]. Appreciated both for his voice and his acting skills, he premiered the main bass roles for the works represented at the [[Opéra-Comique]] between 1848 and 1857, and in particular the first male role in Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' (1854).
== Life ==
Born in [[Nantes]], son of a doctor, he studied medicine in [[Caen]] where he was admitted as a doctor. He returned to Nantes, but decided to enter the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] in 1845 where he was a student of [[Manuel García (baritone)|Manuel Garcia]].<ref name="Fétis"> [[François-Joseph Fétis]] and [[Arthur Pougin]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : Supplément et complément'', vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878, p. 53-54[https://ift.tt/2Ro8bVR Read online].</ref> He won [[First Prize (music diploma)|first prizes]] in singing, opera and [[opéra comique]] in 1847<ref name="Gann"> Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' under the direction of Joël-Marie Fauquet, Fayard, Paris, 2003, 1406 p. .</ref> and made his début at the [[Opéra-Comique]] on 22 June 1848 in Donizetti's ''[[La Fille du régiment]]''.<ref name="Baker"> [[Theodore Baker]] and [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens'', translated from American by Marie-Stella Pâris, adapted and expanded by [[Alain Pâris]], [[Éditions Robert Laffont]], Paris, 1995, 4728 p. .</ref>
[[Image: Bataille, rôle de Peters, dans L'étoile du nord, acte 1.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Costume of Battaille in the first act of Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' in 1854.</center>]]
Noticed by [[Fromental Halévy|Halévy]], he successfully created the character of the old goatherd on 11 November 1848 in ''[[Le val d'Andorre]]''. On May 18, 1849, he triumphed again in Adam's ''[[Le Toréador]]''. He was appreciated both for his "beautiful round, full, well timbred, flattering and caressing voice sometimes, energetic and powerful in other cases"<ref name="Fétis"/> and for his acting.
Definitely launched, he premiered many roles including Atalmuc in Halévy's ''La Fée aux roses'' (1849), Falstaff in Adam's ''Songe d'une nuit d'été'' (1850), Roskaw in Halévy's ''La Dame de pique''(1850), Mathéus in [[Albert Grisar]]'s ''Le Carillonneur de Bruges'' (1852), in [[Napoléon Henri Reber|Reber]]'s ''Le Père Gaillard'' (1852), Torrida in Auber's ''Marco Spada'' (1852), Péters in Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' (1854), le Commandeur in Ambroise Thomas' ''La Cour de Célimène'' (1855), Gédéon in Adam's ''Le Houzard de Berchini'' (1855), Nicolas in [[Victor Massé|Massé]]'s ''Les Saisons'' (1855), Gilbert in Halévy's ''Valentine d'Aubigny'' (1856) and Mercure in [[Ambroise Thomas|Thomas]]' ''Psyché''(1857).<ref name="Fétis"/> He also ensured the premiere of the family father in Berlioz' ''[[L'Enfance du Christ]]'' (1854).<ref name="Gann"/>
He left the stage in 1857 after a laryngeal disease, but quickly returned, first to the provinces, then to the [[Théâtre Lyrique]] where he participated in the première of Gounod's ''[[Philémon et Baucis]]'' (1860). He returned to the [[Opéra-Comique]] and ended his career in 1863.<ref name="Baker"/>
Appointed professor at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1851, he is the author of a two-volume singing method : ''I. Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation'' (1861) and ''II. De la physiologie appliquée au mécanisme du chant'' (1863).<ref name="Baker"/>
In 1870, he was appointed sub-prefect in [[Ancenis]], where he distinguished himself during an epidemic of smallpox by going to treat the sick himself.<ref name="Fétis"/>
He died in 1872 in Paris at the age of 49, "abducted in three days by a mucous membrane fever".<ref name="Fétis"/>
== Main roles premiered by Battaille at the Opéra-Comique ==
<gallery>
File: Battaille Atalmuc.jpg|<center>Atalmuc in [[Fromental Halévy|Halévy]] 's ''La Fée aux roses''(1849)</center>
File: Battaille Falstaff.jpg|<center>Falstaff in [[Ambroise Thomas|Thomas]]' ''Le Songe d'une nuit d'été'' (1850)</center>
File: Battaille Roskaw.jpg|<center>Roskaw in Halévy's ''La Dame de pique'' (1850)</center>
File: Battaille Matheus.jpg|<center>Mathéus in [[Albert Grisar|Grisar]]'s ''Le Carillonneur de Bruges'' (1852)</center>
File: Battaille Torrida.jpg|<center>Le baron de Torrida in [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber|Auber]]'s ''Marco Spada'' (1852)</center>
File: Battaille Péters.jpg|<center>Péters in Meyerbeer's ''L'Étoile du nord'' (1854)</center>
</gallery>
== Bibliography ==
* [[Theodore Baker]] and [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens'', translated from American by Marie-Stella Pâris, adapted and expanded by [[Alain Pâris]], Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995, 4728 p.
* [[François-Joseph Fétis]] and [[Arthur Pougin]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : Supplément et complément'', vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878, <small>[https://ift.tt/2Ro8bVR Read online]</small>
* Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' sous la direction de Joël-Marie Fauquet, [[Fayard]], Paris, 2003, 1406 p.
== References ==
== External links ==
[[Category:19th-century French singers]]
[[Category:Operatic basses]]
[[Category:French basses]]
[[Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni]]
[[Category:Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris]]
[[Category:1822 births]]
[[Category:People from Nantes]]
[[Category:1872 deaths]]
'''Charles-Amable Battaille''' (30 September 1822 – 2 May 1872) was a French [[Bass (voice type)|bass]]. Appreciated both for his voice and his acting skills, he premiered the main bass roles for the works represented at the [[Opéra-Comique]] between 1848 and 1857, and in particular the first male role in Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' (1854).
== Life ==
Born in [[Nantes]], son of a doctor, he studied medicine in [[Caen]] where he was admitted as a doctor. He returned to Nantes, but decided to enter the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] in 1845 where he was a student of [[Manuel García (baritone)|Manuel Garcia]].<ref name="Fétis"> [[François-Joseph Fétis]] and [[Arthur Pougin]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : Supplément et complément'', vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878, p. 53-54[https://ift.tt/2Ro8bVR Read online].</ref> He won [[First Prize (music diploma)|first prizes]] in singing, opera and [[opéra comique]] in 1847<ref name="Gann"> Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' under the direction of Joël-Marie Fauquet, Fayard, Paris, 2003, 1406 p. .</ref> and made his début at the [[Opéra-Comique]] on 22 June 1848 in Donizetti's ''[[La Fille du régiment]]''.<ref name="Baker"> [[Theodore Baker]] and [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens'', translated from American by Marie-Stella Pâris, adapted and expanded by [[Alain Pâris]], [[Éditions Robert Laffont]], Paris, 1995, 4728 p. .</ref>
[[Image: Bataille, rôle de Peters, dans L'étoile du nord, acte 1.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Costume of Battaille in the first act of Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' in 1854.</center>]]
Noticed by [[Fromental Halévy|Halévy]], he successfully created the character of the old goatherd on 11 November 1848 in ''[[Le val d'Andorre]]''. On May 18, 1849, he triumphed again in Adam's ''[[Le Toréador]]''. He was appreciated both for his "beautiful round, full, well timbred, flattering and caressing voice sometimes, energetic and powerful in other cases"<ref name="Fétis"/> and for his acting.
Definitely launched, he premiered many roles including Atalmuc in Halévy's ''La Fée aux roses'' (1849), Falstaff in Adam's ''Songe d'une nuit d'été'' (1850), Roskaw in Halévy's ''La Dame de pique''(1850), Mathéus in [[Albert Grisar]]'s ''Le Carillonneur de Bruges'' (1852), in [[Napoléon Henri Reber|Reber]]'s ''Le Père Gaillard'' (1852), Torrida in Auber's ''Marco Spada'' (1852), Péters in Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Étoile du nord]]'' (1854), le Commandeur in Ambroise Thomas' ''La Cour de Célimène'' (1855), Gédéon in Adam's ''Le Houzard de Berchini'' (1855), Nicolas in [[Victor Massé|Massé]]'s ''Les Saisons'' (1855), Gilbert in Halévy's ''Valentine d'Aubigny'' (1856) and Mercure in [[Ambroise Thomas|Thomas]]' ''Psyché''(1857).<ref name="Fétis"/> He also ensured the premiere of the family father in Berlioz' ''[[L'Enfance du Christ]]'' (1854).<ref name="Gann"/>
He left the stage in 1857 after a laryngeal disease, but quickly returned, first to the provinces, then to the [[Théâtre Lyrique]] where he participated in the première of Gounod's ''[[Philémon et Baucis]]'' (1860). He returned to the [[Opéra-Comique]] and ended his career in 1863.<ref name="Baker"/>
Appointed professor at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1851, he is the author of a two-volume singing method : ''I. Nouvelles recherches sur la phonation'' (1861) and ''II. De la physiologie appliquée au mécanisme du chant'' (1863).<ref name="Baker"/>
In 1870, he was appointed sub-prefect in [[Ancenis]], where he distinguished himself during an epidemic of smallpox by going to treat the sick himself.<ref name="Fétis"/>
He died in 1872 in Paris at the age of 49, "abducted in three days by a mucous membrane fever".<ref name="Fétis"/>
== Main roles premiered by Battaille at the Opéra-Comique ==
<gallery>
File: Battaille Atalmuc.jpg|<center>Atalmuc in [[Fromental Halévy|Halévy]] 's ''La Fée aux roses''(1849)</center>
File: Battaille Falstaff.jpg|<center>Falstaff in [[Ambroise Thomas|Thomas]]' ''Le Songe d'une nuit d'été'' (1850)</center>
File: Battaille Roskaw.jpg|<center>Roskaw in Halévy's ''La Dame de pique'' (1850)</center>
File: Battaille Matheus.jpg|<center>Mathéus in [[Albert Grisar|Grisar]]'s ''Le Carillonneur de Bruges'' (1852)</center>
File: Battaille Torrida.jpg|<center>Le baron de Torrida in [[Daniel-François-Esprit Auber|Auber]]'s ''Marco Spada'' (1852)</center>
File: Battaille Péters.jpg|<center>Péters in Meyerbeer's ''L'Étoile du nord'' (1854)</center>
</gallery>
== Bibliography ==
* [[Theodore Baker]] and [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens'', translated from American by Marie-Stella Pâris, adapted and expanded by [[Alain Pâris]], Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995, 4728 p.
* [[François-Joseph Fétis]] and [[Arthur Pougin]], « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : Supplément et complément'', vol. 1, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1878, <small>[https://ift.tt/2Ro8bVR Read online]</small>
* Andrew Gann, « Charles-Amable Battaille », ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'' sous la direction de Joël-Marie Fauquet, [[Fayard]], Paris, 2003, 1406 p.
== References ==
== External links ==
[[Category:19th-century French singers]]
[[Category:Operatic basses]]
[[Category:French basses]]
[[Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni]]
[[Category:Academics of the Conservatoire de Paris]]
[[Category:1822 births]]
[[Category:People from Nantes]]
[[Category:1872 deaths]]
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