Charles Gilibert

Charles Gilibert
1866-1910
French Baritone

Studied at Conservatoire de Paris and debut in 1888 at the Paris Opéra-Comique. Performed at the Covent Garden Opera between 1894 and 1909 , where he participated in the premiere of Jules Massenet's "La Navarraise" in 1894 . From 1900 to 1903 he was engaged at the Metropolitan Opera and sang, among others, the Schaunard in La Bohème (1900) and the sacristan in Tosca of Puccini . From 1906 until his sudden death in 1910 he was engaged at the Manhattan Opera House .