# Martial Singher > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martial_Singher > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martial_Singher.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Singher > Source revision: 1343987764 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|French opera singer}} thumb|Martial Singher'''Martial Singher''' (August 14, 1904 – March 9, 1990) was a French [baritone](/source/baritone) [opera](/source/opera) singer born in [Oloron-Sainte-Marie](/source/Oloron-Sainte-Marie), [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](/source/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques).{{cite web | url = http://www.answers.com/topic/martial-singher | title = Martial Singher | website = [Answers.com](/source/Answers.com) | accessdate = 2007-03-15 }} Initially singing only as a hobby, he was encouraged by then French education minister [Édouard Herriot](/source/%C3%89douard_Herriot) to pursue singing professionally. He would go on to perform at the [Opéra National de Paris](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_National_de_Paris), the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House), [New York City Opera](/source/New_York_City_Opera), [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera), [Chicago Opera](/source/Chicago_Opera) and the [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera). He recorded an acclaimed Méphistophelès under [Charles Munch](/source/Charles_Munch_(conductor)) in the RCA recording of Berlioz's ''[La damnation de Faust](/source/La_damnation_de_Faust)'' (February 1954) with the [Boston Symphony Orchestra](/source/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra), David Poleri as Faust and [Suzanne Danco](/source/Suzanne_Danco) as Marguerite. In 1959 he is Chorèbe in ''[Les Troyens](/source/Les_Troyens)'', conducted by Robert Lawrence in [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall). Later in his life he became an accomplished music teacher at the [Curtis Institute of Music](/source/Curtis_Institute_of_Music) in Philadelphia and at the [Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal](/source/Conservatoire_de_musique_du_Qu%C3%A9bec_%C3%A0_Montr%C3%A9al) before moving to Santa Barbara and taking over the [Music Academy of the West](/source/Music_Academy_of_the_West). He is known for influencing the careers of such artists as [Sondra Radvanovsky](/source/Sondra_Radvanovsky), [James King](/source/James_King_(tenor)), [Donald Gramm](/source/Donald_Gramm), [Jeannine Altmeyer](/source/Jeannine_Altmeyer), [Benita Valente](/source/Benita_Valente), [John Reardon](/source/John_Reardon_(baritone)), [Louis Quilico](/source/Louis_Quilico), [Jean-François Lapointe](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lapointe), [Judith Blegen](/source/Judith_Blegen), [Cynthia Hoffmann](/source/Cynthia_Hoffmann), [Thomas Moser](/source/Thomas_Moser), and [William Workman](/source/William_Workman_(baritone)). Singher has also been the teacher of world-famous baritones such as [Thomas Hampson](/source/Thomas_Hampson) and [Rodney Gilfry](/source/Rodney_Gilfry). He wrote a book useful to vocalists aspiring to an operatic career, ''An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias: A Handbook for Singers, Coaches, Teachers, and Students'' (1983). Singher died in Santa Barbara. He had married Margareta Busch, daughter of the conductor [Fritz Busch](/source/Fritz_Busch), in 1940. They had three sons. [Michel Singher](/source/Michel_Singher), is an accomplished international conductor. == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/12/obituaries/martial-singher-french-baritone-and-a-noted-teacher-dies-at-85.html "Martial Singher dies at 85"], ''The New York Times'' {{Portal bar|Biography|Opera}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Singher, Martial}} Category:1904 births Category:People from Oloron-Sainte-Marie Category:1990 deaths Category:Musicians from Santa Barbara, California Category:French expatriates in the United States Category:Academic staff of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal Category:French operatic baritones Category:Voice teachers Category:20th-century French male actors Category:20th-century French male opera singers {{France-opera-singer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Martial Singher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Singher) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Singher?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.