Bourdin, Roger
(1900–1973)
Bourdin, RogerBourdin, RogerRoger Bourdin (B * LEVALLOIS, 1900 – D † PARIS, 1973) French baritone, sang for 37 years at the Opéra and the Opéra-Comique, with over 100 roles in his repetoire. His debut was at the Opéra-Comique in 1922, as Lescaut in Massenet's (1842 – 1912) Manon (1884). Other roles include Pelléas in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (1902), Escamillo in Bizet's (1838 – 1875) Carmen (1875), Splendiano in Bizet's Djamileh (1872), Milhaud's (1892 – 1974) Bolivar (1943, premiere…