Désiré

Amable Courtecuisse (; 29 December 1823 – 7 September 1873), whose stage name was Désiré , was a French baritone, who is particularly remembered for creating many comic roles in the works of the French operetta composer Jacques Offenbach.

Life and career He was born in Lille or a nearby village of it, and studied the bassoon, singing, and declamation at the Lille Conservatory. His first appearances were at small theatres in Belgium and northern France beginning in 1845.

In subsequent years Désiré appeared in operetta theatres in Lille, Brussels, and Marseille. A large congregation consisting much of theatrical Paris (including Ludovic Halévy, Hector Crémieux, Charles Lecocq, Berthelier, Léonce, Hyacinthe, Baron and Anna Judic ), attended his funeral on 10 September.

Roles created Works by Offenbach unless otherwise noted:

1857: Vent-du-Soir in Vent du soir, ou L’horrible festin 1857: Pigeonneau in Une demoiselle en loterie 1858: Mme Madou in Mesdames de la Halle 1858: Dig-dig in La chatte métamorphosée en femme 1858: Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld (in French) 1859: Le marquis de Criquebœuf in L'omelette à la Follembuche by Léo Delibes 1859: Golo in Geneviève de Brabant 1860: Pan in Daphnis et Chloé 1860: Grétry in Le musicien de l'avenir 1865: Vautendon in Les bergers 1866: undetermined role in Didon by G. Blangini 1868: Tien-Tien in Fleur-de-Thé by Charles Lecocq 1869: undetermined role in L’écossais de Chatou by Léo Delibes 1869: Cabriolo in La princesse de Trébizonde 1869: Rafaël in La diva 1869: undetermined role in Le rajah de Mysore by Lecocq 1869: Cabriolo in La princesse de Trébizonde (revised 3-act version) 1871: Balabrelock in Boule-de-Neige 1872: Raab in La timbale d'argent by Léon Vasseur 1873: undetermined role in La petite reine by Vasseur

In 1867 he also appeared at the Théâtre des Nouveautés as Sganarelle in La statue du commandeur.