Cédia Brault

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Cédia Brault (born January 4, 1894 in Sainte-Martine , † June 27, 1972 in Montreal ) was a Canadian singer (mezzo-soprano).

The sister of the singer Victor Brault studied singing from 1911 to 1918 with Celine Marier and from 1918 to 1919 with Salvator Issaurel and from 1918 to 1920 harmony with Rodolphe Mathieu . In 1918 she made her debut at Monument natioal as Carmen alongside Sarah Fischer (as Micaela), Ulysse Paquin (as Escamillo) and Victor Desautels (as Don José). In 1919 she sang the title role in Mignon and Charlotte in Werther , and in 1922 Dalila in a concert performance of Samson et Dalila with Émile Gour as partner. In the world premiere of Guillaume Couture's lyrical poem Jean le Précurseur , she played the role of Hérodiade .

In addition, Brault was also successful as a concert singer. She gave the Canadian premiere of Claude Debussy's Proses lyriques (accompanied by Léo-Pol Morin ) in 1918 and was one of the first to sing songs by Maurice Ravel , Alfredo Casella and Darius Milhaud ( Poèmes juifs ) in Canada . With Léo-Pol Morin and Robert Imand , she took part in the Debussy Festival in Montreal in 1927. She has also performed successfully outside of Canada, including in the Salle Pleyel in Paris and the Aeolian Hall in London. At her farewell concert in 1939, she performed as Carmen on Mont Royal in Montreal in front of 6,000 listeners. In 1977 a street in Quebec was named after her.

Brault was married to the tenor Victor Desautels since 1920 . Her daughter is the composer, instrumentalist, musicologist and music teacher Andrée Desautels .

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SURNAME Brault, Cédia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Sainte-Martine
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1972
Place of death Montreal