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Lyse Charny

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Lyse Charny (1890–1950)[1] was a French contralto opera singer who made her début at the Paris Opera in 1910 in the ballet Les Bacchantes.[2][3] She went on to become a celebrated performer there, playing Erda in Wagner's Niebelungenring and Uta in Ernest Reyer's Sigurd.[4] She also appeared at the Opéra-Comique where she first performed as Carmen in July 1919.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Lyse Charny (1890-1950)" (in French). BnF. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo (2012). Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 808–. ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5.
  3. ^ Caddy, Davinia (2008). "On Ballet at the Opéra, 1909—14, and La fête chez Thérèse". Journal od the Royal Musical Association, 133 no.2, 220-269. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Cantatrices de lÓp+era de Paris" (in French). Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Cantatrices de lÓéra-Comique" (in French). Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 25 June 2019.