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Roger as John of Leiden in the original production of Le prophète

Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, born in Paris on 17 December 1815 and died there on 12 September 1879, was a French tenor. He best known for creating the leading tenor roles in La damnation de Faust by Berlioz in 1846 and Meyerbeer's Le prophète in 1849.[1]

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  1. ^ "Gustave-Hippolyte Roger". Oxford Index. Retrieved 29 August 2016.