Adolphe Grognier
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Adolphe Grognier, known under the pseudonym Jean-Baptiste Quélus, (14 January 1813 – 14 December 1883) was a French actor and singer. The son of lawyer La Monnaie of Brussels, in 1854 and 1856.
(1777-1832), and Hélène Caylus, he was appointed twice as director ofLife[]
Born in Aurillac, Grognier was first a sailor, then actor. In 1843 he met the young Rachel in Lyon with whom he fell in love and whose acting troupe he joined for a while.
He was then teacher of singing at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles where one of his last pupils was his compatriot Emma Calvé.
Grognier died in Brussels at age 70.
Award[]
Chevalier of the Ordre de Léopold.
Publications[]
- Études dramatiques et oratoires, conseils aux comédiens et aux chanteurs, Brussels, éditions De Dietrie-Thomson, 1858
Sources[]
- Souvenir du 22 mai 1881 - Fête organisée en faveur de M. Grognier-Quélus, professeur de déclamation au conservatoire de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, éditions Félix Calewaert-père, 1881
- Journal de Hélène Delpech de Frayssinet, née Grognier, 1897, AD15.
External links[]
- Les directeurs du Théâtre de la Monnaie (La Monnaie)
Categories:
- 1813 births
- 1883 deaths
- People from Aurillac
- French stage actors
- French theatre directors
- 19th-century French singers
- Royal Conservatory of Brussels faculty
- Directors of La Monnaie