Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Jun 16, 2015

Marthe Nespoulous (Soprano) (Paris, France 1894 - Bordeaux, France 1962)



In 1923 she made her debut at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Babylonian Girl in J. Massenet’s “Herodiade”. From 1947 she was a professor at the Conservatoire in Bordeaux.

Chronology of some appearances

1923 Paris Grand Opéra Herodiade (Babylonian Girl)
1924 Paris Grand Opéra Die Walkure (Ortlinde)
1924 Paris Grand Opéra Herodiade (Salome)
1924 Paris Grand Opéra Aida (High Priestess)
1924 Paris Grand Opéra Thais (Myrtale)
1926 Paris Grand Opéra Thais (Thais)
1926 Paris Grand Opéra Pagliacci (Nedda)
1928 Paris Grand Opéra Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie)
1928 Paris Grand Opéra Lohengrin (Elsa)
1928 Paris Grand Opéra Marouf (Princess Saamcheddine)
1928 Paris Grand Opéra Turandot (Liu)
1936 Paris Opera-Comique Pagliacci (Nedda)

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Columbia, Paris 1927?
Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy): Une forêt, pt 1 with Hector Dufranne L2233 LX187
Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy): Une forêt, pt 2 with Hector Dufranne L2233 LX188

1 comment:

  1. In 1929 she sing in the Teatro Colón, when Respighi direct his opera Campana.

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