Albert Huberty Faust Sérénade Pathé Art X7123
4Albert Huberty Faust Sérénade Pathé Art X7123
ALBERT HUBERTY (Serain 2 February 1881- March 10, 1956 Oostende)
One of the glories of the Belgian song was undoubtedly Albert Huberty, who shone in the records of bass and baritone, with equal success. It is with the renowned pedagogue Désiré Demest, Professor other illustrious singers of Belgium, like Fernand Ansseau that Huberty studied at the Brussels Conservatory of Music for three years. Possesssor a first prize for singing unanimously Huberty begin by giving some recitals in Brussels and the Flemish Opera in Antwerp claims it in 1903 (including the creation of Princess Sunbeam.) He will address in Initially supporting roles, quickly alternating deep bass and baritone tessitura. Trooper of the Flemish Opera, in a few months he learned the Dutch language and was noted for the leadership of French Theatre Royal in The Hague (Netherlands), where he started in 1904 in Fafner (Das Rheingold). He will play Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), the sculptor Moine (The Juggler of Our Lady) and supporting roles - will Huberty resident's Royal until 1906. After of a gala concert in Antwerp at the beginning of 1906, Huberty made the acquaintance of the French basso -Hippolyte-Adolphe Belhomme (1854-1922), which qu'élogieux well with regard to its youngest, called his attention to his poor acting skills and offered to him provide courses opera. Thus the young bass Belhomme regained the studio in Paris and worked his repertoire, under the aegis of his new master that will make him spend a few hearings in the capital. After these additional studies, Huberty occurs in France, especially at the Opéra de Rouen and Lille and Tourcoing, this time first basso quality and "second if necessary. ". His successive engagements will lead him to London, then to New Orleans, Montreal, Calgary and Toronto (1909-1913.) Huberty return singing in Belgium, especially in Brussels (Room of Harmony, Conservatory) and in Liège. In 1915 he will sing The Vagabond, Louise and Juggler at the Opéra Comique, and in 1916, he became resident at the Paris Opera where he remained until 1940, providing an impressive number of times with displays season and first in French: The Garden of Paradise and The Kovantschina (1923), The Knight of the Rose (1927) Among the operas performed by Huberty: William Tell, Samson et Dalila, Faust, Mephistopheles, Le Cid, Messidor , Hamlet, La Favorite, Monna Vanna, Romeo and Juliet, Rigoletto, Otello, Les Huguenots, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger, Boris Godunov, The Troubadour, The Freischütz, Fidelio, Esclarmonde, La Navarre and many others. His career will take him around the world, the United States and Argentina (as guest artist) and will return regularly to Canada. If Huberty enjoyed great international career, he did not so far forsook his alma mater and returned to sing regularly as possible in Belgium (Liège, Ghent, Mons, Charleroi and Verviers.) At the Royal Theatre de la Monnaie, he participated in the creation of French-language masterpiece of Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff, in which he composed a ruddy, playful Falstaff under the baton of Corneil of Thoran, 17 December 1920. The basso was regularly invited by the MonnaieAs an artist he participated in representation between 1919 and 1949 in ten concerts. After a long and distinguished career, Huberty successfully dedicated himself to the teaching of opera and among its talented students, it has two famous artists of the Mint: the mezzo-sopranos Yetty Martens and Diane Lange . The artist was the recipient of many honors.
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