Remained till 1927, roles like Jemmy in G. During theįirst years of her work she took over in this opera house, whose member she In 1904 she made her debut at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Helmwige in "Walküre", Received her education at the Paris Conservatoire by Duvernoy, Melchissèdec and earned for her a personal success as actress, singer, and woman. Opéra-Comique, calling it, "quite different from that of her predecessor That it is a very rare recording of Massenet himself accompanying the singer.Ĭritic Edmond Stoullig caught her 1898 performance as Sapho at the Its historic value is not so much for LeBlanc's contribution, but for the fact Preserved in the Historical Sound Recordings collection at Yale University. LeBlanc had a light voice of no special quality.įortunately, in 1903 LeBlanc recorded an excerpt of Massenet's Sapho, which is
The overwhelming results of that audition strengthenedĭebussy's support for Garden. To Garden's autobiography, Debussy had LeBlanc sing an act of Pelléas before a To procure the world premiere role of Debussy's operatic Mélisande for LeBlanc,īut Mary Garden won the role, which she performed to great success. Maurice Maeterlinck, who wrote the play Pelléas et Mélisande.
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