Bussine Jr., Romain
(1830–1899)
Bussine Jr., RomainBussine, RomainRomain Bussine (B * PARIS, 1830 – D † PARIS, 1899) French baritone, brother of another star baritone, Prosper-Alphonse Bussine (1821 – 1881), at the Opéra Comique. Romain debuted at the Opéra Comique in 1848, and the Opéra in 1857, and taught voice at the Paris Conservatoire. He was a co-founder of the Société nationale. Bussine translated anonymous Italian folk-song poems into French poems that were set by Fauré (see »Sérénade toscane« and »Après un rêve«.)…