# Barnolt

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'''Barnolt''' was the stage name of '''Paul Fleuret''' (14 June 1839 – 15 June 1900), a French operatic [tenor](/source/tenor) associated with the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

==Career==
After a year of study at the [Paris Conservatoire](/source/Paris_Conservatoire), where his teachers included Charles Bataille, Barnolt made his debut at the [Folies-Marigny](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Marigny) and further appearances at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes (1866) where he began to take on roles in the [trial](/source/Antoine_Trial) repertoire.<ref name ="Martin">Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895.</ref>

Barnolt made his debut at the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique) on 23 July 1870 as Dandolo in ''[Zampa](/source/Zampa)'' and went on to become one of the "most useful and faithful servants of the Opéra-Comique".<ref name="Soubies">Soubies A, Malherbe C. ''Histoire de l'opéra comique – La seconde salle Favart 1840–1887.'' Flammarion, Paris, 1893.</ref> He sang Remendado in the premiere of ''[Carmen](/source/Carmen)'' and returned to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883,<ref>According to Soubies & Malherbe he sang in every performance of the first hundred of ''Carmen'' at the Salle Favart.</ref> 1891, and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in [Thomas](/source/Ambroise_Thomas)' ''[Mignon](/source/Mignon)'' the night of the fire at the Salle Favart on 25 May 1887.<ref name="Wolff">Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900–1950).'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.</ref>

At the Opéra-Comique he also sang the roles of Ali-bajou (''[Le Caïd](/source/Le_Ca%C3%AFd)''), Lillas Pastia (''Carmen''), Dickson (''[La dame blanche](/source/La_dame_blanche)''), Bertrand (''[Le déserteur](/source/Le_d%C3%A9serteur_(opera))''), Thibaut (''[Les dragons de Villars](/source/Les_dragons_de_Villars)''), Beppo (''[Fra Diavolo](/source/Fra_Diavolo_(opera))''), Midas (''Galathée''), le Poète (''[Louise](/source/Louise_(opera))''), Benetto (''[Le maître de chapelle](/source/Le_ma%C3%AEtre_de_chapelle)''), Fréderic (''Mignon''), Basilio (''[The Marriage of Figaro](/source/The_Marriage_of_Figaro)''), Blaise (''Le Nouveau Seigneur de village''), Cantarelli (''[Le Pré aux clercs](/source/Le_Pr%C3%A9_aux_clercs)''), Guillaume (''[Richard Coeur-de-lion](/source/Richard_Coeur-de-lion_(opera))''), Scapin (''[La Serva Padrona](/source/La_Serva_Padrona)''), and Mouck (''[La statue](/source/La_statue)'').<ref name="Soubies"/><ref name="Wolff"/>

His last recorded performances are in 1900,<ref name="Wolff"/> the year of his death.<ref>Stoullig E. ''[Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique](/source/Les_Annales_du_Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_et_de_la_Musique), 26eme edition, 1900.'' Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1901.</ref>

==Roles created==
Among thirty Opéra-Comique premieres<ref name ="Martin"/> were:
*Pacôme in ''[Le roi l'a dit](/source/Le_roi_l'a_dit)'', 1873
*Remendado in ''Carmen'', 1875
*Ridendo in ''Les Noces de Fernande'', 1878
* Séraphin in ''Le Pain bis'', 1879
*Desfonandrès/1st médecin in ''L’amour médecin'', 1880
*Trivelin in ''Joli Gilles'', 1884
*Basile in ''[Le roi malgré lui](/source/Le_roi_malgr%C3%A9_lui)'', 1887
*Gil in ''Proserpine'', 1887
*Guillaume in ''[La Basoche](/source/La_Basoche)'', 1890
*Cynalopex in ''Phryné'', 1893<ref name="Wolff"/>

Barnolt also sang in the Paris premieres of ''[Werther](/source/Werther)'' (Schmidt) in 1893, ''[Falstaff](/source/Falstaff_(opera))'' (Bardolphe) in 1894 and ''[La bohème](/source/La_boh%C3%A8me)'' (Parpignol) 1898.<ref name ="Martin"/>

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