He studied at the Nancy Conservatory of Music, before beginning his career as a horn player in the Colonne and Lamoureux orchestras.
Henri-Alphonse Brin, born in Nancy on 1is January 1871, was a tenor opera singer who became known under the pseudonym of Charles Dalmorès. After singing lessons in Paris, he gave up his instrumental career and made his operatic debut at the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen on October 6, 1899, in “Siegfried”, by Richard Wagner, where he played the role of Raoul.
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The tenor then spent six seasons at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and sang successfully at the Royal Opera House in Convent Garden, London, before making his debut on December 7, 1906 in the United States, in Charles Gounod’s “Faust”, at the Manhattan Opera Company in New York. For the American public, Charles Dalmorès created the role of Julien in “Louise”, by Gustave Charpentier and that of Jean Gaussin in Sapho, by Jules Massenet. He also played the role of Pelléas in “Pelleas et Melisande”, by Claude Debussy.
In 1910 he was hired by the Chicago Grand Opera Company, before touring Germany and Austria until the outbreak of World War I. Dalmorès was hailed by contemporary critics for his strong voice, impressive stage presence and acting. He ended his life in the United States where he taught singing, and died in Hollywood on December 6, 1939, at the age of 68.
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