Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest Mocker

Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest Mocker (16 July 1811 – 3 October 1895) was a French opera singer and stage director. In his 30-year career as a principal singer at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra-Comique he created numerous roles in the company's world premieres and from 1860 served as a stage director there. In his later years he was a singing teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest Mocker
Mocker, c. 1880; photo by Pierre Petit
Born	(1811-07-16)16 July 1811 Lyon, France
Died	3 October 1895(1895-10-03) (aged 84) Brunoy, France
Occupations	opera singer stage director

Roles created

Mocker as Danilowitch in L'étoile du nord

Roles created by Mocker at the Opéra-Comique include:^[6]

• Lelio in Montfort's Polichinelle (1839)
• Albert in Clapisson's La symphonie, ou Maître Albert (1839)
• Comte d'Elvas in Adam's La reine d'un jour (1839)
• Charles VI in Auber's Zanetta (1840)
• Don Sébastien d'Aveyro in Auber's Les diamants de la couronne (1841)
• Tracolin in Adams's Le toréador (1849)
• Danilowitch in Meyerbeer's L'étoile du nord (1854)
• Chevalier de Boisrobert in Halévy's Valentine d'Aubigny (1856)