Cécile Thévenet
A young white woman, wearing a large hat with a white plume.
Cécile Thévenet, as Charlotte in Werther, from a 1905 publication.
Born22 November 1872
Bruges
Died15 March 1956
Meudon
NationalityBelgian
Other namesCécilie Thévenet
Occupationopera singer

Cécile Thévenet (1872-1956) was a Belgian opera singer.

Early life

Cécile Thévenet, in costume for Carmen, from a 1905 publication.

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]

Personal life

Thévenet died after May 1914.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "An Artist of Talent and Beauty". Musical Courier. 50: 16. April 15, 1905.
  2. ↑ "Louis Thévenet". Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  3. ↑ Orchestra, Boston Symphony (1918). Programme. The Orchestra.
  4. ↑ Van Vechten, Carl (1918). The music of Spain. Music - University of Toronto. New York A.A. Knopf. pp. 130.
  5. ↑ "Notes from Home and Abroad". Corona Independent. November 23, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The Drama in Paris". The Era. October 14, 1899. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Music Notes". Chicago Tribune. March 4, 1900. p. 45. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Music in Paris". Musical Courier. 56: 11. January 1, 1908.
  9. ↑ "Untitled news item". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 19, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Cécile Thévenet (artiste lyrique, 18..-19..)". BnF Data. Retrieved 2019-08-18.

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