Barnolt


Barnolt was the stage name of Paul Fleuret, a French operatic tenor associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Career

After a year of study at the Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers included Charles Bataille, Barnolt made his debut at the Folies-Marigny and further appearances at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes where he began to take on roles in the trial repertoire.
Barnolt made his debut at the Opéra-Comique on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in Zampa and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the Opéra-Comique". He sang Remendado in the premiere of Carmen and returned to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883, 1891, and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in Thomas' Mignon the night of the fire at the Salle Favart on 25 May 1887.
At the Opéra-Comique he also sang the roles of Ali-bajou, Lillas Pastia, Dickson, Bertrand, Thibaut, Beppo, Midas, le Poète, Benetto, Fréderic, Basilio, Blaise, Cantarelli, Guillaume, Scapin, and Mouck.
His last recorded performances are in 1900, the year of his death.

Roles created

Among thirty Opéra-Comique premieres were:
Barnolt also sang in the Paris premieres of Werther in 1893, Falstaff in 1894 and La bohème 1898.