Claire Croiza [SEP] voice type
Claire Croiza
Claire Croiza (14 September 1882 – 27 May 1946) was a French mezzo-soprano and an influential teacher of singers.
Career.
Claire Croiza (née Conelly, or O'Connolly) was born in Paris, the daughter of an expatriate American father and an Italian mother, and as a child she excelled at piano and singing. She was taught singing privately at first and then went to the Polish tenor Jean de Reszke for further study. She made her opera début in Nancy in 1905 in "
mostly French songs and opera extracts. They have been collected in a 2-CD set by Marston Records: "Claire Croiza: champion of the modern French mélodie".
Bibliography.
- Bannerman, Betty. "Recollections of Claire Croiza", in "Bulletin of the Institute of Recorded Sound", (1956), no.1, p. 12, [with discography].
- Bannerman, Betty, (ed. & trans). "The Singer as Interpreter: Claire Croiza's Master Classes". (