Antoine Trial
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Antoine Trial was a French singer and actor
. He was the younger brother of the musician Jean-Claude Trial (1732-1771) and husband of soprano Marie-Jeanne (Félicité Mandeville) (1746-1818).
After an education at the cathedral in Avignon, he followed his older brother to Paris in 1764 and joined the troupe of the Prince of Conti. On 4 July the same year, he made his debut at the Comédie-Italienne as Bastien in Le Sorcier by Philidor
.
Although considered an excellent actor and musician, his voice was thin and nasal, and he specialised in the roles of peasants and servants. His roles included Bertrand in Le déserteur
, Ali in Zémire et Azor
and André in L’épreuve villageoise
. Trial became a French term for a tenor with a thin, nasal voice, examples being in the operas of Ravel
and in The Tales of Hoffmann.
He sided with Robespierre in 1793 and became active in the Terror
. After the fall of Robespierre he was forced to abandon the theatre and poisoned himself.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He was the younger brother of the musician Jean-Claude Trial (1732-1771) and husband of soprano Marie-Jeanne (Félicité Mandeville) (1746-1818).
After an education at the cathedral in Avignon, he followed his older brother to Paris in 1764 and joined the troupe of the Prince of Conti. On 4 July the same year, he made his debut at the Comédie-Italienne as Bastien in Le Sorcier by Philidor
François-André Danican Philidor
François-André Danican Philidor , often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique...
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Although considered an excellent actor and musician, his voice was thin and nasal, and he specialised in the roles of peasants and servants. His roles included Bertrand in Le déserteur
Le déserteur
Le déserteur is an opéra comique by the French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine. It was first staged at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 6 March 1769....
, Ali in Zémire et Azor
Zémire et Azor
Zémire et Azor is an opéra comique, described as a comédie-ballet mêlée de chants et de danses, in four acts by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean François Marmontel based on La Belle et la bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, and Amour pour amour by P. C....
and André in L’épreuve villageoise
L’épreuve villageoise
L’épreuve villageoise is an opéra bouffon in two acts by André Grétry to a French libretto by Pierre Desforges.It is a revision of a work called Théodore et Paulin, which was performed once at Versailles on 5 March 1784 but never published....
. Trial became a French term for a tenor with a thin, nasal voice, examples being in the operas of Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
and in The Tales of Hoffmann.
He sided with Robespierre in 1793 and became active in the Terror
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
. After the fall of Robespierre he was forced to abandon the theatre and poisoned himself.