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.Bibliothèque nationale de France. "Ernest Mocker (1811–1895)". Retrieved 4 May 2017 Cler, Albert (1 July 1846). "Mocker". Le Journal des coiffeurs, pp. 1212–1213 Vapereau, Gustave (1870). "Mocker (Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest)". Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, Vol. 2, p. 1283. Hachette et Cie Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004). "Mocker, Toussaint-Eugène-Ernest". Großes Sängerlexikon, Vol. 4, p. 3165. Walter de Gruyter. Spoll, E. A. (19 October 1895). "Un Disparu: Ernest Mocker". Le Figaro (Supplément littéraire du dimanche), 21e Année, No 42, p. 164
Roles created
Roles created by Mocker at the Opéra-Comique include: 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)
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