Étienne_Lainez

Étienne Lainez

Étienne Lainez

French operatic tenor

Étienne Lainez (or Lainé, Laînez) (23 May 1753 – 15 September 1822) was a French operatic tenor, and leading figure at the Paris Opera for over thirty years. In the course of his career there he created many tenor roles including Rodrigue in Sacchini's Chimène, Énée in Piccinni's Didon, Narcisse in Gluck's Echo et Narcisse, and Licinius in Spontini's La vestale.

Lainez as Rodrigue in Sacchini's Chimène (1783)

Lainez was born in Vaugirard in Paris, and died in Paris as well.[1]

After his retirement from the stage, he taught lyric declamation at the Paris Conservatoire.[2][3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Musicsack.
  2. [2]
    Ellis, Katharine (2007). Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France, p. 258. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521035899
  3. [3]
    Berthelot, André (ed.) (1886). "Lainez, Étienne", La Grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts, Vol. 21, p. 785. Lamirault et cie (in French)
  4. [4]
    Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Étienne Lainez". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).


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