This is a Christmas request. Georges Thill (1897-1984) was a French opera singer, often considered to be his country's greatest lyric-dramatic tenor. Born in Paris, his career lasted from 1924 to 1953, peaking during the 1930s. A pupil of the Neapolitan tenor Fernando De Lucia (1860-1925), Thill made his opera debut at the Paris Opéra in 1924, and continued to perform there and at the Opéra-Comique for several decades. He also sang throughout Europe and in South America, highly successful at La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro Colón etc. He also sang 14 performances of seven roles over two seasons (1931-1932) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Thill recorded French, Italian and German operatic arias and recorded a complete performance of Massenet's Werther for French Columbia in 1931. As for this unforgettable recording, it was made in 1932. We hear Thill with choir, organ and orchestra accompaniment directed by Armand Bernard.
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