Albertine Marie Chrétien-Vaguet (8 March 1872 – 28 February 1963) was a French operatic

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. Chrétien-Vaguet was born in Paris. She studied the piano at the

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and began her career at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1891. Chrétien-Vaguet’s first operatic appearance in Brussels was as Alice in '' Robert le Diable'', (7 September 1891); she followed this with roles in ''le Rêve'', ''Yolande'' by Magnard (creating the title role on 27 December 1892), and Charlotte in ''Werther''. Her debut at the Paris Opéra was again as Alice in ''Robert le Diable'' on 31 juillet 1893, going on to sing in ''Lohengrin'', ''Les Huguenots'', ''la Walkyrie'', ''Djelma'', and the premiere of ''Deïdamie'' (1 December 1893). She married

Albert Vaguet Albert Vaguet (15 June 1865 – 22 February 1943) was a French opera singer (tenor). Youth Vaguet was born in Elbeuf ( Seine-Maritime). Very young, he started singing in concerts of his hometown (church and municipal band). He was ten years ol ...

(1865–1943), a tenor of the

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, with whom she had sung in the première of ''Deïdamie'', on 30 June 1894 in Paris. Chrétien-Vaguet sang Thanastô in the first (concert) performance of Chabrier's ''

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'' on 13 January 1897, as well as in the first French staged performance on 8 May 1899 (in which her husband sang Hylas). She took part in concerts given by the

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in February 1894 (''Le Paradis et la Péri'' by Schumann, with Vaguet also taking part), and January and February 1901 (excerpts from ''Armide'' by Gluck).Kern Holoman D. Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. . Accessed 2.06.09. She died, aged 90, in Nay, near Pau.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chretien-Vaguet, Alba 1872 births 1963 deaths Singers from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French operatic sopranos