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Hugues cuenod biography of albert

          Albert, a harpsichord virtuoso, toured and recorded with Huguie, and toward the end of his life he translated Hugues Cuenod: With An Agile Voice.

        1. In this delightful set of Conversations, the French writer François Hudry leads the tenor Hugues Cuenod on a voyage through the singer's life.
        2. He started his career as a concert recitalist and singer.
        3. Albert Fuller (July 21, – September 22, ) was an American harpsichordist, conductor, teacher, impresario, and prominent proponent of early music.
        4. Hughes Cuenod, , tenor & newlywed, born 26 June When harpsichordist, Albert Fuller reminisces about performances with Swiss tenor.

          5. He started his career as a concert recitalist and singer.!

          Hugues Cuenod around the time he came to the U.S., on the recommendation of Mary Garden, to sing in the American premiere of Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet (1929)

          The legendary Swiss tenor Hugues Cuenod, or Huguie, as he was known to friends and family, was 108 when he died on Friday.

          Huguie was a great musician who was famous for several astonishing achievements.

          One had to do with his extraordinary longevity - he not only lived to a spectacularly advanced age, but sang in public into his 90s.





          Hugues Cuenod with Placido Domingo and Eva Marton in Puccini's Turandot at the Met, 1987



          He made his Metropolitan Opera debut, singing the Emperor Altoum in Zefirelli's 1987 Turandot production, when he was nearly 85 years old:



          He came to America at the urging of Mary Garden and sang on Broadway, in the premiere of Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet in 1929.

          Back in Europe, he was part of Nadia Boulanger's circle and is heard on her pioneering recordings of the work of M