Lucienne Bréval [SEP] voice type
Lucienne Bréval
Lucienne Bréval (4 November 1869 in Zürich – 15 August 1935 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a Swiss dramatic soprano who had a major international opera career from 1892-1918. Although she appeared throughout Europe and in the United States, Bréval spent most of her career performing with the Paris Opera where she became a greatly admired interpreter of French grand opera roles and Wagner heroines. She also specialized in the works of Gluck and Rameau, becoming particularly associated with the title roles in Gluck’s "Armide
(for twelve performances) at the Gaîté-Lyrique with Lucienne Bréval as Salomé and Mathilde Comès as Hérodias, Jean Périer as Hérode, Georges Petit as Iokanaan and André Gilly as the captain of guards, conducted by Auguste Amalou. Strauss's "Salomé" was presented that season at the Opéra with Mary Garden in the title role. After having been performed at Nancy, Le Havre, Marseille, Geneva, and Prague, Mariotte's "Salomé" was seen at the Paris Opéra on 1 July 1919 again with Bréval in