Louis Noguéra

Louis Noguéra was a French bass-baritone (born Algiers on 12 October 1910, died Paris on 8 March 1984) who enjoyed a long career in Paris—principally at the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique but also elsewhere in France and abroad, and who left some recordings representative of his repertoire.

Born Louis Claver, his career commenced in 1935, as a knight in Parsifal, at the Opéra.

During his career at the Palais Garnier, Noguéra went on to sing roles such as Wagner and Valentin in Faust, the pilot in Tristan und Isolde, the Nightwatchman and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, Apollo in Alceste (Gluck), Torello in Monna Vanna, several parts in Mârouf, savetier du Caire, Phorbas in Œdipe, Alberich in Das Rheingold, the Grand Prêtre de Moloch in Salammbô, the title role in Rigoletto, Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier, Masetto and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Iago in Otello, and Ali in Les Indes galantes.

His debut at the Opéra-Comique came in 1945 with Escamillo in Carmen, and he took part in the premiere of Busser's Carosse du Saint Sacrement, and continued at the Salle Favart for over 20 years where his other roles included Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Lescaut in Manon, Ourrias in Mireille and the title role in The Marriage of Figaro.

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