Maria Murano, the stage name of Suzanne Chauvelot (July 4, 1918 in

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a '' sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''département'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-s ...

– January 10, 2009 in Limoges) was a French lyric mezzo-soprano. She was most active postwar in the years between 1950 and 1970.

Career

She started at the Paris Opera shortly after the end of World War II, then joined the Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, where she became famous as Madame Alexandra in

Jean-Michel Damase Jean-Michel Damase (27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Career Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at th ...

and

Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an a ...

's lyrical comedy ''Colombe'' in 1961. Later, she played opposite

Luis Mariano Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...

in ''Le Prince de Madrid,'' and

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in '' Fiddler on the Roof''.

Private life

Her partner was politician

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Honors

* First Prize, Opera from the conservatoire * Second Prize, Opera-Comique from the conservatoire

Selected roles

*The Duchess in

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's '' La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein'' in 1956 *Madame de Quimper-Karadec in

's '' La Vie parisienne'' *La Périchole in

's ''

La Périchole ''La Périchole'' () is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French libretto based on the 1829 one act play '' Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement'' by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived o ...

'' *Moineau in Louis Beydts' Operetta ''Moineau'' *Madame Alexandra (Julien's mother) in

' ''Colombe'' in 1961 *La Duchesse d'Albe in Francis Lopez's ''Le Prince de Madrid'' *Golde (milkman Tevye's wife) in

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's '' Fiddler on the Roof'' in 1969 at the

Théâtre Marigny The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panora ...

*Alice in Eugène Ionesco's '' The Picture'' at the Théâtre Silvia-Monfort in 1975

References

Sources

Annonce du décès sur le Populaire.fr
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