BELGIAN SOPRANO BLANCHE ARRAL (1864-1945) CDR

BLANCHE ARRAL (LIÈGE, BELGIUM, 10 OCTOBER, 1864 – PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY, 3 MARCH, 1945)

 

 

Born Clara Lardinois in Liège, Belgium, she studied under Mathilde Marchesi in Paris. In 1883, she began her career at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, making her debut in a small role in the premiere of J. Massenet’s Manon on January 19, 1884. She later performed at various opera houses in Brussels, Paris, and St. Petersburg before relocating to the United States.

In 1901, she toured Indochina with a company while waiting for the 1902 Exposition of Hanoi to open, performing in Haiphong and at the Hanoi Opera House. She joined the Metropolitan Opera for the 1909–1910 season. In 1935, she unexpectedly gave a series of concerts on American broadcasting, during which she shared anecdotes from her career. She later settled in New York.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Bettelstudent (Millöcker) Czardas Victor 64098 B6905-1

2.  Coeur et la Main (Lecocq) Bolero Edison B190, 35005

3.  El bolero grande (Vasseur) Victor 64107 B6913-2

4.  Faust (Gounod) Air des bijoux Edison B169, 35003

5.  Faust (Gounod) Air des bijoux Victor 74147 C6907-1

6.  Grand Mogol (Audran) Valse des serpents rr IRCC 112-B

7.  La véritable Manola (Bourgeois) Edison 35006

8.  Lombardi (Verdi) Quella ivressebonheur supreme (Polonaise) Victor 74146 C6906-1

9.  Manon (Massenet) Au Cours-la-Reine rr IRCC100

10.  Mascotte (Audran) Couplets des dindons Bettini 45

11.  Mignon (Thomas) Je suis Titania Edison B166, BA28125

12.  Noces de Jeannette (Massé) Air du rossignol Victor 74142 C6911-1

13.  Perle du Brésil (David) Charmant oiseau  rr IRCC 112-A

14.  Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Je veux vivre (Valse) Victor 74151 C6904-1

15. Valse d'oiseau (Varney) Victor 64099 B6912-1

BELGIAN SOPRANO BLANCHE ARRAL (1864-1945) CDR

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