Her real name was Jane Santiard. She
studied at the Conservatoire
National de Paris, later under Albers and Isnardon. In 1916 she
won the Prix du
Conservatoire. She made her debut in 1918 at the Grand Opéra in Paris in "Castor
et Pollux" by Rameau and appeared in 1919 at the Teatro
Colón in Buenos Aires .
Here she sang parts such as Siebel in ‘’Faust’’, Stéphano in ‘’Roméo et
Juliette’’, Poussette in ‘’Manon’’, Frasquita in ‘’Carmen’’ and Ellen in ‘’Lakmé’.
In 1920 she sang at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona .
In 1924 she made guest appearances at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (among other
things as Micaela in ‘’Carmen’’ and as Nedda in ‘’Pagliacci’’). In 1921 she again
joined to the ensemble of the Grand Opéra in Paris , where she began her career in the
opera ‘’Rebecca’’ of César Franck. She performed at the Grand Opéra in the following
opera premieres:
1. 6. 1923 Padmâvati (Roussel)
19.11.1925 ‘’Brocéliande’’ (André Bloch)
1927 Rosenkavalier
(Richard Strauss)
24.4.1931 Guercoeur (lbéric Magnard)
In 1923 she sang there the part of Emma in M. Mussorgsky’s
‘’Khovantchina’’, in 1926 Ännchen in ‘’Freischütz’’. Later she also added to
her repertoire heavier parts such as Elsa in ‘’Lohengrin’’ and Sieglinde in "Walküre". In 1924
she appeared at the Covent Garden in London
as Nedda in ‘’Pagliacci’’. She has also
appeared at the Paris Opéra-Comique. She counted as one of the most significant
French concert sopranos of her generation.
Chronology of some appearances
1918 Paris Grand Opéra
1919 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón
1920 Barcelona Teatro Liceo
1921 Paris Grand Opéra
1924 Opéra de Monte-Carlo
1924 London Covent Garden
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