Blanche Marchesi

Blanche Marchesi de Castrone ( born April 4, 1863 in Paris (France ); † December 15, 1940 in London ( England)) was a French opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher.

Life

Blanche Marchesi was Graumann (1821-1913) was born on April 4, 1863 as the daughter of Italian baritone Salvatore Marchesi ( 1822-1908 ) and the German voice teacher Mathilde Marchesi born in Paris. They first learned the violin, but then received singing lessons from her own mother.

Marchesi began her career working with performances at private concerts and charity events in Paris. In 1895 she then appeared in Berlin and Brussels. On June 19, 1896 she made her debut in London, where she lived ever since. In 1900, she gave in Prague her operatic debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre, but then went back to England to sing in the Moody - Manners Opera Company (1902 /03). In 1902 she sang at London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Elisabeth, Elsa and Isolde. However, most of the time she worked as a concert soloist, and later as a singing teacher.

After the First World War Blanche Marchesi taught in Paris, but in 1930 returned to London. She gave her farewell concert in 1938 and died on 15 December 1940 in London.

Student

  • Nellie Melba
  • Ellen Gulbranson
  • Muriel Brunskill
  • Phyllis Archibald
  • Blanche Tomlin
  • Joy McArden

Works

  • A Singer's Pilgrimage, London 1923 ( memoirs )
  • The Singer 's Catechism, London 1932 ( textbook )
  • Opera singer
  • Soprano
  • Singing teacher
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1863
  • Died in 1940
  • Woman
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