Bouhy, Jacques (-Joseph André)
Bouhy, Jacques (-Joseph André)
Bouhy, Jacques (-Joseph André), Belgian-born French baritone; b. Pepinster, June 18, 1848; d. Paris, Jan. 29, 1929. He studied at the Liège Cons., then entered the Paris Cons., where he studied piano, organ, and theory of composition, as well as singing. He made his debut as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust at the Paris Opéra on Aug. 2, 1871, and on March 3, 1875, he sang Escamillo in the first performance of Carmen at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. He appeared at Covent Garden, London, on April 22, 1882, then sang at various opera houses in Europe, including that in St. Petersburg. In 1885 he went to N.Y. and served as director of the N.Y. Cons, (until 1889); was again in N.Y. from 1904 to 1907; then returned to Paris and settled there as a singing teacher.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire