Ninon Vallin

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Ninon Vallin

Ninon Vallin , actually Eugénie Vallin , (born September 8, 1886 in Montalieu-Vercieu , Département Isère , † November 22, 1961 in Millery , near Lyon ) was a French stage actress , opera singer ( soprano ) and singing teacher .

Life

Vallin studied at the Conservatory in Lyon and later in Paris . She was discovered by Claude Debussy in 1911 to sing in Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien . She later sang in numerous operas and operettas. Her career lasted more than four decades in which she was internationally successful.

From 1953 to 1959 she was a professor at the Conservatory in Montevideo .

Recordings

Ninon Vallin made vocal recordings from 1913 to the early 1950s, which are now available as CD recordings. These are:

  • Louise (abridged); directed by Eugène Bigot in 1935
  • Werther ; directed by Elie Cohen in 1931
  • Les noces de Jeannette ; directed by Laurent Halet in 1922.

literature

  • KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, second volume M – Z, Sp. 3058, ISBN 3-907820-70-3
  • Barnes, HM [1953]. "Ninon Vallin", Record collector , viii, 53; with a discography.
  • Celletti, R. [1964]. "Ninon Vallin", in Le grandi voci , (Roma: Istituto per la collaborazione culturale); with an opera discography by R. Vegeto.
  • Fragny, R. de. [1963]. Ninon Vallin, princesse du chant , (Lyon: Éd. Et Impr. Du Sud-Est).
  • Pinchard, M. [1962]. "Hommage à Ninon Vallin", Musica , 95: 4.
  • Steane, John [1974]. The Grand Tradition , (Duckworth, London).

Web links

Commons : Ninon Vallin  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Galathée & Les noces de Jeannette. Liner Notes. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marstonrecords.com

Remarks

  1. ↑ The birthday is often given as September 7th or 9th
personal data
SURNAME Vallin, Ninon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vallin, Eugénie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French theater actress, opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Montalieu-Vercieu , Isère department
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1961
Place of death Millery near Lyon