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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
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