Duc, Valentin
(*1858)> VOCALIST
Duc, Valentin (24 January 1858, Beziers; ?), vocalist, won first prizes in singing and opera at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was a student of Bussine and Louis Obin . He made his debut at the Opéra as Arnold in Guillaume Tell on 31 August 1885, and he remained at the Garnier Palace until 1892. He was never really a favorite of Parisian audiences because he treveled widely and spent seasons in Lisbon, Madrid, Brussels, and La Haye as well as at the theatres of Marseilles, Bordeaux, and…