Background
BACQUIER., Beziers was born on May 17, 1924 in Beziers. Son of Augustin Bacquier and Femande Severac.
BACQUIER., Beziers was born on May 17, 1924 in Beziers. Son of Augustin Bacquier and Femande Severac.
Paris Conservatoire.
Debut at Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels 1953. Joined Opera de Paris 1956. Debut at Carnegie Hall 1960, Metropolitan Opera, New York 1961.
Now appears regularly at the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, Louisiana Scala, Opera de Paris and most leading opera houses.
Repertoire includes Otello, Don Giovanni, Pelleas et Melisande, Damnation de Faust, Tosca, Falstaff.
Married 1st Simone Teisseire in 1943, 2nd Maurieette Benard in 1958.