Escalais, Leónce

Escalais, Leónce (1859, Cuxac d’Aude; 30 August 1940, Cuxac d’Aude), vocalist, studied in Toulouse and Paris. He made his debut at the Opéra on 12 October 1883 in Arnold of Guillaume Tell. Audiences were charmed by his brilliant tenor voice, and he was cast as Eléazar in La Juive before the end of the year. In 1884, he did the title-role in Robert Le Diable, and the following year he was billed as Vasco in L’Africaine, the protagonist of Sigurd, and Raoul in Les Huguenots. He created Lusignan…