Cécile Thévenet
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Cécile Thévenet | |
|---|---|
 Cécile Thévenet, as Charlotte in Werther, from a 1905 publication. | |
| Born | 22 November 1872 |
| Died | 15 March 1956 (aged 83) |
| Other names | Cécilie Thévenet |
| Occupation | opera singer |
Cécile Thévenet (1872–1956) was a Belgian opera singer.
Cécile Thévenet was born in Bruges, the daughter of Alphonse Thévenet and Anne Van Vyve. Her father was a music teacher and baritone singer. She was raised and educated in Brussels.[1] Her brothers Pierre (1870–1937) and Louis (1874–1930) became painters.[2]
Career
Cécile Thévenet sang with the Opéra-Comique in Paris. "Alike as a singer and an actress Mlle. Thévenet is a very great artist, a wonderfully clever creator of the characters she represents", commented one American publication in 1905.[1] In 1913 she sang the part of Euryclea in the premiere of Gabriel Fauré's Pénélope in Paris, with Lucienne Bréval in the title role.[3] She was also in the original cast of the Gustave Charpentier opera Julien, in 1913. She was known for her performances of Carmen.[4][5]
Other roles Thévenet sang included Musette in Leoncavallo's La bohéme (1899),[6] Leoncavallo's Zaza (1900),[7] Caroline in Die Fledermaus (1904), La Chouanne (1907),[8] the Nurse in Paul Dukas's Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1910), and Massenet's Thérèse (1913).[9]
