Boudouresque, Auguste-Acanthe
(1835–1905)> SINGER
Boudouresque, Auguste-Acanthe (28 May 1835, Bastide-sur l’Hers, Ariège; 1905, Marseilles) singer, went to work for the railroad at Béziers before he moved to Marseilles in 1857 to become an inspector for the department of municipal street lighting in this city. He began to study at the Marseilles Conservatoire, where he won a prize for singing, but he continued to work and bought a café. On 5 September 1874, he was asked at the last moment to serve as a substitute on a program at the Valette…