Marcelle Demougeot
A white woman, standing, hand on forehead, wearing a gown and headdress typical of 1900s Wagnerian opera.
Marcelle Demougeot as Brünnhilde
Born18 June 1876
Dijon
Died24 November 1931
Paris
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)

Marcelle Demougeot (18 June 1876 – 24 November 1931), born Jeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne, was a French soprano, "the best-known French Wagnerian singer of her generation".[1]

Early life

Jeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne was born in Dijon,[2] where she studied with Charles Laurent. She trained further as a singer at the Conservatoire de Paris.[1][3]

Career

Demougeot made her professional debut in 1902, as Donna Elvira in Paris. She was known for singing Wagnerian roles including Brünnhilde and Kundry.[1] She sang in several premiere productions, including Le fils de l’étoile (1904) by Camille Erlanger, Ariane (1906) by Massenet, a French-language production of Das Rheingold (1909) by Wagner, Déjanire, (1911) by Camille Saint-Saëns, and the Paris premiere of Parsifal (1914).[4] She made several recordings before 1910.[5]

In 1916, Demougeot sang at a benefit for blind veterans in Vichy.[6] She sang La Marseillaise outside the Palais Garnier to mark the signing of peace at the end of World War I, and later sang at a victory festival in Ostend.[7] In 1919 she sang at the official Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.[8] In 1924 she sang during festivities surrounding the Summer Olympics in Paris.[9]

Personal life

Demougeot died in 1931, in Paris.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cummings, David (2002). "Demougeot, Marcelle". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o901219. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Marcelle Demougeot (1876-1931)". BnF Data. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. ↑ Aspertini (April 1908). "Grand Théatre Municipale de Dijon". Le Théatre: 18–20.
  4. ↑ "Opera Singers in a Clash". Chicago Tribune. 1914-01-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Kelly, Alan (1990). His Master's Voice: The French Catalogue : a Complete Numerical Catalogue of French Gramophone Recordings Made from 1898 to 1929 in France and Elsewhere by the Gramophone Company Ltd. ABC-CLIO. p. 410. ISBN 978-0-313-27333-9.
  6. ↑ de Valdor, Joseph (August 25, 1916). "Music Abroad". Music News. 8: 26.
  7. ↑ "Plays and Players". The Nebraska State Journal. 1919-10-12. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Music Plays Big Part in Paris Bastille Day Celebration". Musical Courier. 79: 7. August 21, 1919.
  9. ↑ Nectoux, Jean-Michel (2004-12-16). Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 428. ISBN 978-0-521-61695-9.
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