Xavier Depraz

Xavier Depraz

Xavier Depraz, né Xavier Marcel Delaruelle (22 April 1926 – 18 October 1994) was a French opera singer and actor. Born in Albert (Somme), Depraz was a bass at the Paris Opéra until 1971. He took part in the premieres of operas by Marcel Landowski and Sergei Prokofiev. He also appeared as an actor, first on television, where he played the role of Ursus in The Man who laughs by Jean Kerchbron, then on the big screen. Depraz entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1947 where he attended the classes of Fernand Francell for singing, Louis Musy for the stage and René Simon for theatre. He participated in the premieres of several operas: Marcel Landowski's Le Rire de Nils Halerius (1951) and Le Fou, Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites and, in concert version, Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel (1954). In the 1953 Paris premiere of The Rake's Progress at the Opéra-Comique Depraz was "a splendid Nick Shadow". He also sang in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, Verdi's Rigoletto, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Massenet's Don Quichotte and Thaïs among others. For his appearance as Méphistophélès in Monte Carlo in 1959 one reviewer commented "Xavier Depraz, immensely tall, and surprisingly thin and angular for an operatic bass, produced a suitably resonant and cavernous voice, and histrionically was satisfyingly demonic". He also appeared at the French provincial opera houses, Glyndebourne and Venice, and was appointed a professor of opera at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1973. In 1971, he began a career as an actor in film and television. His recordings include Une éducation manquée (Pausanias), Les Pêcheurs de perles (Nourabad), Romeo et Juliette (Frère Laurence), Carmen (Zuniga for Beecham and Haitink), Renard, Dialogues des Carmélites (Le Marquis de la Force) and the Duruflé Requiem. Depraz died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (Isère) on 18 October 1994. Source: Article "Xavier Depraz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Xavier Depraz
  • Popularity: 2.048
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1926-04-22
  • Place of Birth: Albert, Somme, France
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  • Also Known As: Xavier Marcel Delaruelle
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Xavier Depraz Movies

  • 1978
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    Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

    Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

    6.8 1978 HD

    The story opens in a Western saloon, where a young musician with a banjo begins to tell a tale of Lucky Luke and his sworn enemies the Dalton...

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  • 1979
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    The Bronte Sisters

    The Bronte Sisters

    5.8 1979 HD

    In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters...

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  • 1978
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    Butterfly on the Shoulder

    Butterfly on the Shoulder

    6 1978 HD

    On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering...

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  • 1977
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    The Gang

    The Gang

    6.2 1977 HD

    In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the...

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  • 1960
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    Paris la belle

    Paris la belle

    1 1960 HD

    A look at Paris in 1928 in black and white and then color sequences filmed in the same places in 1959.

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  • 1972
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    The Right to Love

    The Right to Love

    6 1972 HD

    The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right...

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  • 1985
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    Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

    1 1985 HD

    Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the...

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  • 1973
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    A Pain in the Ass

    A Pain in the Ass

    7.127 1973 HD

    Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become...

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  • 1977
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    Death of a Corrupt Man

    Death of a Corrupt Man

    6.5 1977 HD

    In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a...

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  • 1971
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    The Man Who Laughs

    The Man Who Laughs

    8 1971 HD

    A three part film, based on the novel of the same title by Victor Hugo, telling of the adventures of two children, a blind girl and a badly scared...

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  • 1972
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    L'Atlantide

    L'Atlantide

    1 1972 HD

    Two young French officers get lost in the Sahara desert and find themselves prisoners of Antinéa, who rules over the lost city of Atlantis....

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  • 1968
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    Would-Be Gentleman

    Would-Be Gentleman

    1 1968 HD

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class...

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  • 1981
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    For a Cop's Hide

    For a Cop's Hide

    6 1981 HD

    Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

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  • 1975
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    Cher Victor

    Cher Victor

    5.9 1975 HD

    A pair of elderly men, friends for 40 years, find their relationship stressed when they set up housekeeping together in order to save money....

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    The Accursed Kings

    The Accursed Kings

    8 1972 HD

    It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only...

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1971
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    The Man Who Laughs

    The Man Who Laughs

    5 1971 HD

    A three-episode series, based on the novel of the same title by Victor Hugo, telling of the adventures of two children, a blind girl and a badly...

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