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Marcelle Demougeot
Marcelle Demougeot (18 June 1876 – 24 November 1931), born Jeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne, was a French soprano, "the best-known French Wagnerian singer of her generation".[1] Early lifeJeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne was born in Dijon,[2] where she studied with Charles Laurent. She trained further as a singer at the Conservatoire de Paris.[1][3] CareerDemougeot made her professional debut in 1902, as Donna Elvira in Paris. She was known for singing Wagnerian roles including Brünnhilde and Kundry.[1] She sang in several premiere productions, including Le fils de l’étoile (1904) by Camille Erlanger, Ariane (1906) by Massenet, a French-language production of Das Rheingold (1909) by Wagner, Déjanire, (1911) by Camille Saint-Saëns, and the Paris premiere of Parsifal (1914).[4] She made several recordings before 1910.[5] In 1916, Demougeot sang at a benefit for blind veterans in Vichy.[6] She sang La Marseillaise outside the Palais Garnier to mark the signing of peace at the end of World War I, and later sang at a victory festival in Ostend.[7] In 1919 she sang at the official Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.[8] In 1924 she sang during festivities surrounding the Summer Olympics in Paris.[9] Personal lifeDemougeot died in 1931, in Paris.[1] References
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