Martapoura, Jean
(1860–1929)> VOCALIST
Martapoura, Jean (1860, Belgium; February 1929, Brussels), vocalist, started his career at the Paris Opéra on 5 April 1886, when he made his debut there as the high priest in Sigurd. This same year he was billed as Alphonse in La Favorite and Valentin in Faust. The following year he sang the king in Le Cid as well as Jonas in Patrie! and, in 1888, he did Henri III in La Dame de Monsoreau. Nevers in Les Huguenots, and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette. Martapoura created only one role during his…