Marie-Anne Asselin
Marie-Anne Asselin (born September 5, 1888 in Sainte-Famille / L'Île-d'Orléans , † 1971 in Montreal ) was a Canadian singer ( mezzo-soprano ) and music teacher .
Asselin studied from 1900 in Montreal with Béatrice La Palme and made her debut in 1919 at the Théâtre Français in Montréal in André Messager's opera La Basoche as Jeanne at the side of Sarah Fischer (Colette) and Édouard Sarrazin (Duc de Longueville). She opened a vocal studio in 1920 and gave concerts in the following years with Émile Gour ( tenor ), Germain Lefebvre ( bass ), Hercule Lavoie ( baritone ) and Blanche Gonthier ( soprano ).
In 1923 she gave a series of concerts on the Montreal radio with José Delaquerrière , Jeanne Maubourg , Blanche Archambault , Germaine Lebel , André Durieux and H. Maurice Jacquet . She only recorded one record for the Berliner Gramophone label , on which she sang the songs Au clavecin and Tes yeux . From the 1930s onwards she concentrated on teaching in her singing studio in Montreal.
Marie-Anne Asselin was the sister of the tenor Pierre-Aurèle Asselin and great-aunt of the pianist André Asselin .
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| SURNAME | Asselin, Marie-Anne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sainte-Famille , Ile-d'Orléans |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971 |
| Place of death | Montreal |