Jeanne Hatto
Jeanne Hatto , actually Marguerite Jeanne Frère ( January 30, 1879 in Saint-Amour - March 1958 in Paris ) was a French opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Hatto studied at the Conservatory in Lyon and the Paris Conservatory and made his debut at the Paris Opera in 1899 as Brunehild in Sigurd by Ernest Reyer . She stayed there until 1922 and celebrated successes in the dramatic soprano subject.
Guest performances took her to other French theaters and to the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1903). She was also a popular concert soloist.
Her repertoire ranged from Rameau to Wagner . In 1904 she was the soloist in the first performance of Maurice Ravel's song cycle Shéhérazade . She was the dedicatee of the first and longest song in the cycle, "Asie".
literature
- Arbie Orenstein [1975]: Ravel: Man and Musician . Dover, Mineola, US 1991, ISBN 978-0-486-26633-6 .
Web links
- Jeanne Hatto at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Cummings: Hatto, Jeanne. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- ↑ Orenstein, page 224
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hatto, Jeanne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frère, Marguerite Jeanne (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Amour |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1958 |
| Place of death | Paris |