Paul Payan:
Selected Recordings
Paul Payan:
| Total time: [79:35] | ||
Gramophone Company, Ltd. |
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Paris, 1910–1911 |
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| 1. | HAYDÉE: A la voix séduisante (Auber) | 4:27 |
| 4 November 1911; (02177v) 032224 | ||
| 2. | LA JUIVE: Si la rigueur (Halévy) | 4:18 |
| with Mlle. Cosset, soprano; Bernard Boussagol, bass; and chorus 15 November 1911; (02204v) 034124 |
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| 3. | L’ÉTOILE DU NORD: O jours heureux (Meyerbeer) | 3:13 |
| 4 July 1910; (15892u) 4-32090 | ||
| 4. | FAUST: Jusqu’aux premiers feux du matin [La nuit de Walpurgis] (Gounod) | 3:55 |
| 29 November 1910; (01755v) 032175 | ||
| 5. | MIGNON: Berceuse (A. Thomas) | 3:29 |
| 4 July 1910; (15891u) 4-30289 | ||
| 6. | LE CAÏD: Le Tambour-major (A. Thomas) | 4:07 |
| 4 November 1911; (02178v) 032218 | ||
| 7. | LAKMÉ: Lakmé, ton doux regard (Delibes) | 3:37 |
| 2 October 1911; (02100v) 032210 | ||
| 8. | SIGURD: Odin, dieu farouche (Reyer) | 2:55 |
| 15 November 1911; (02205v) 032226 | ||
| 9. | HÉRODIADE: J’ai souvent contemplé ton astre (Massenet) | 4:11 |
| with Suzanne Brohly, mezzo-soprano 27 January 1911; (01857v) 034094 |
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| 10. | LOUISE: De son coeur j’ai calmé la fièvre [Berceuse] (Charpentier) | 3:38 |
| 10 July 1911; (01975v) 032203 | ||
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. |
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Four-minute wax cylinders, Paris, ca. 1912 |
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| 11. | Prière [Adaptation of Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068] (Bach) | 4:09 |
| 17122 | ||
| 12. | GALATHÉE: Tristes amours (Massé) | 3:58 |
| 17102 | ||
| 13. | GALATHÉE: Aimons, il faut aimer (Massé) | 4:29 |
| with Rose Heilbronner, soprano BA 27098 |
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French Odeon |
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Paris, 1928 and 1929 |
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| 14. | LES HUGUENOTS: Piff, paff (Meyerbeer) | 3:53 |
| 20 September 1928; (XXP 6711) 123.567 | ||
| 15. | PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Au bruit des lourds marteaux d’airain [Couplets de Vulcain] (Gounod) | 3:17 |
| 24 May 1929;(KI 2426) A 188664 | ||
| 16. | PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Que les songes heureux [Air de Jupiter] (Gounod) | 2:53 |
| 24 May 1929; (KI 2424) A 188664 | ||
| 17. | ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Dieu qui fit l’homme à ton image (Gounod) | 3:58 |
| 19 September 1928; (XXP 6709) 123.566 | ||
| 18. | LA REINE DE SABA: Sous les pieds d’une femme (Gounod) | 7:19 |
| 25 May 1929; (XXP 6904/XXP 6905); 123.654 | ||
| 19. | HAMLET: C’est en vain (A. Thomas) | 4:01 |
| 19 September 1928; (XXP 6710) 123.566 | ||
| 20. | LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flamme de l’amour (Bizet) | 3:39 |
| 27 May 1929; (XXP 6910) 123.655 | ||
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All tracks sung in French. |
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All tracks with orchestral accompaniment. |
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Tracks 14-20 with the orchestra of the Paris Opéra-Comique, conducted by Gustave Cloez. |
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Marston would like to thank Luc Bourrousse, J. Neil Forster, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Peter Lack, and David Mason for their help in producing this issue.
Producer: Ward Marston
Audio Conservaton: Ward Marston
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
PAUL PAYAN (1878–1959)
Paul Payan attended the Paris Conservatory from 1904–1906. There, he studied with Jacques Isnardon (opéra-comique), Léon Melchissédec (opera) and Auguste de Martini (singing). Albert Carré, Director of the Opéra-Comique, engaged Payan and he made his debut there on 6 September 1907 as the First Philosopher in Louise. His lengthy career at the Comique encompassed dozens of secondary roles including 16 creations. Less regularly, he appeared in important roles such as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Lothario (Mignon), Vulcain (Philémon et Baucis), and Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). Payan also sang at many French prvincial opera houses where he had great success. His work outside of France included the Chicago Opera (1921–1922), the Colón (1924), and Covent Garden (1928–1929). His extensive discography includes acoustic recordings for French HMV, Aerophone, Perfectaphone, and Odeon; nine four-minute Edison cylinders; and 16 electric sides for French Odeon.