Leopold Simoneau
Léopold Simoneau (1916-2006) was a Canadian tenor, one of the great Mozart singers of the twentieth century. He was admired for elegance, line and exemplary French diction.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Mozart’s Così fan tutte under Karajan and in Bizet’s Carmen under Pierre-Michel Le Conte.
Simoneau’s singing was graceful, clean and perfectly proportioned, with an ease that made high style sound natu...
MOZART Così fan tutte
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 40:31
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Fiordiligi
Nan Merriman - Dorabella
Lisa Otto - Despina
Leopold Simoneau - Ferrando
Rolando Panerai - Guglielmo
Sesto Bruscantini - Don Alfonso
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
BIZET Carmen
Studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 20:53
Carmen - Consuelo Rubio
Don José - Léopold Simoneau
Micaëla - Pierrette Alarie
Escamillo - Heinz Rehfuss
Choeurs des Concerts de Paris
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Nicolas
Orchestre des Concerts de Paris
conducted by Pierre-Michel Le Conte
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Recorded live in 1958, New York
Total duration: 66:35
Leontyne Price, Soprano
Maureen Forrester, Alto
Leopold Simoneau, Tenor
Norman Scott, Bass
Westminster Choir
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
