Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest Mocker by Trinquart

Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest Mocker (1811-1895); French tenor.
In 1830 he made his debut at the Opéra-Comique. After one season he left Paris and in the following years he appeared at Le Havre, Amsterdam and a number of cities in the French province. In 1839 he returned to the Opéra-Comique and became one of the leading singers who appeared in numerous premières. The most known are Auber’s “Zanetta” (1840) and “Le Duc d’Olonne” (1842), Halévy’s “Le Val d’Andorre” (1848), Adam’s “Le Toreador” (1849), Grimar’s “Les Porcherons” (1850), Massé’s “Galatée” (1852), Halevy’s “Le Nabab” (1853), Meyerbeer’s “L’Etoile du Nord” (1854) and Geveart’s “Le Diable au moulin” (1859). In 1861 he was appointed as a professor at the Conservatoire National de Paris where he worked until 1887. He also worked as a stage director at the Opéra-Comique; in 1866 he directedthe première of the opera “Mignon” by Ambroise Thomas. Mocker was awarded with the “Légion d’honneur”.