Favourite historic recordings :Lucien Fugere: "C'est un Torrent Impétueux", Pelerins de la Mecque

Two dates are relevant for this recording

1848 - date of birth

1929 - date of recording

That means that Fugère was 81 when his was recorded - you would never believe just from listening to this that the singer was anything like that age.  It shows the importance of a good technique and in particular using the words as well as the notes.

Fugère was a mainstay of French operatic life for many years, creating roles in operas by Massenet, Charpentier, and Chabrier amongst others.

There is a link to another of these posts, in that Hugues Cuénod heard Fugère sing live (his last performance was in 1933 at the age of 85).  Cuénod made his last appearance at the age of 90 and died only in 2010 at the age of 108.