Jacqueline Brumaire [SEP] place of death
Jacqueline Brumaire
Jacqueline Brumaire (born Herblay, 5 November 1921, died in Nancy 29 October 2000) was a French operatic soprano and later teacher.
Life and career.
After training at the Conservatoire de Paris under Madeleine Mathieu, she debuted on 13 October 1946 at the Opéra-Comique as the Countess in "Le nozze di Figaro". She then embarked on a successful career at that opera house, being admired particularly in roles for lyric soprano from French and Italian operas: Mimi in "La bohème"
Amour" of Rameau's "Les Indes galantes" in the 1952 revival with Géori Boué, Denise Duval, Janine Micheau and Jacqueline Brumaire.
She also played in Massenet's "Manon", which was the role in which she left a great memory.
The young woman announced that she was leaving the Paris Opera in 1953. Maurice Lehmann continued to consider her a full member of his troupe. But nothing did: Lucienne Jourfier continued to perform live, less and less often, and gave up her career definitively