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,...
The Gang
1977
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
For a Cop's Hide
1981
The Bronte Sisters
1979
A Pain in the Ass
1973
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
The Right to Love
1972
Would-Be Gentleman
1968
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
1978
Black Thursday
1974
Cher Victor
1975
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
1973
L'Atlantide
1972
Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
1985
The Man Who Laughs
1971