Édouard Woolley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Édouard Woolley

Canadian opera singer and actor

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1916

Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1991

Profession: actor, composer, conductor, opera singer, television actor, music pedagogue

Nationality: Canada, Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Édouard Joseph Woolley (31 March 1916 – 22 December 1991) was a Canadian tenor, actor, composer, and music educator of Haitian birth.
He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1958.
His compositional output includes masses for three voices and for four voices, a few songs, and some instrumental pieces.
The section "Mazoumbel" from his suite for violin and piano Sous les palmiers (c.
1958) was performed in a concert of Haitian music in Montreal in 1979.