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Jacques Isnardon
(1860–1930) was a French
bass-baritone
, writer and
voice teacher
. After winning a competition at the
Conservatoire de Paris
, he made his debut as Baxter in
Émile Paladilhe
's
Diane
at the
Opéra-Comique
in 1885, before moving to Brussels and the
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
, whose history he chronicled. He sang in
Die Meistersinger
at
Covent Garden
,
Manon
at
La Scala
, and
Le médecin malgré lui
at
Monte Carlo
before returning to the Opéra-Comique in 1894. One of his students was the American actress, writer, and translator
Virginia Fox Brooks
. This photograph of Isnardon was taken by French photographer
Nadar
in the late 19th century.
Photograph credit:
Nadar
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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