Alice Verlet

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Alice Verlet

Alice Verlet (aka Alice Verheyen ; * 1873 in Belgium ; † 1934 in Paris ) was a Belgian singer (coloratura soprano) and vocal teacher.

Verlet made his debut in 1893 (still under the name Verheyen) at the City Theater of Aachen. From 1894 she was engaged at the Paris Opéra-Comique , where she made her debut in Victor Massé's Les noces de Jeannette . She also appeared at the Bordeaux Opera (in Griseldis by Jules Massenet , 1902). After success at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels , she made her inaugural appearance as a blonde in 1904 in Abduction from the Seraglio at the Paris Opera , of which she was a member until 1914. Here she took on roles like Philine in Mignon and Ophélie in Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas , Marguerete in Faust by Charles Gounod , Queen of the Night in the Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Marguerite de Valois in the Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer .

She also appeared again at the Opéra-Comique, sang the soprano solo part in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under the direction of Willem Mengelberg, and performed at a gala concert in the Élysée Palace before King Edward VII of England. In 1910 she sang at His Majesty's Theater under the direction of Thomas Beecham in The Abduction from the Seraglio , and she also gave concerts at the Queen's Hall and the Royal Albert Hall .

From 1915 to 1920 Verlet worked in the USA. She was there from 1915-16 a member of the Chicago Opera and performed as a concert singer. Then she worked as a singing teacher in Paris. Numerous recordings of her have been preserved on records and Edison cylinders. She sang a series of recordings for Pathé Records under the pseudonym Madame X - presumably to avoid an exclusive contract with His Master's Voice .

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SURNAME Lost, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verheyen, Alice; Madame X
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian singer and vocal teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 1934
Place of death Paris