Célestine Galli-Marié
Célestine Galli-Marié (15 March 1837 – 22 September 1905) was a French mezzo-soprano who is most famous for creating the title role in the opera Carmen.[1]
Career
She was born Marie-Célestine Laurence Marié de l'Isle in Paris. She was taught singing by her father, Mécène Marié de l'Isle, who also had a successful opera career. Her début came in 1859 in Strasbourg, and she sang in Italian in Lisbon.[2] At the age of fifteen she had married a sculptor named Galli (who died in 1861)[2] and thus took her stage name, Galli-Marié.[citation needed]
She also created the roles of Lazarille in Don César de Bazan, Vendredi in Robinson Crusoé, the title part in Fantasio, as well as roles in Lara, Le Capitaine Henriot, Fior d'Aliza, La Petite Fadette, and Piccolino. She also sang Taven in Mireille and Rose Friquet in Les dragons de Villars.[4][5] Sometime in the late 1860s and early 1870s she and the composer Émile Paladilhe became lovers. Curtiss notes that she kept pet marmosets, and sometimes took them to rehearsal.[2]
She died in Vence, near Nice.[citation needed]
Her voice was described as being of a good timbre, with clear diction and phrasing. A high mezzo-soprano voice was at one time referred to as "Galli-Marié".[6] Galli-Marié parts are now sometimes sung by sopranos.[citation needed]
Family
Her sisters
References
- ^ a b Wright, L. A. "Galli-Marié". In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London & New York, 1992.
- ^ a b c d Curtiss, M. Bizet and his World. New York: Vienna House, 1974.
- ^ Dean W. Bizet. London, JM Dent & Sons, 1978.
- ^ Soubies, A. & Malherbe, C. Histoire de l'Opéra comique – La seconde salle Favart 1840–1887. Paris: Flammarion, 1893.
- ^ Martin J. Nos artistes des theatres et concerts. Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895.
- ^ Moure, J. G. É. & Bouyer, A. The Abuse of the Singing and Speaking Voice; causes, effects and treatment. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910.
- ^ Gänzl, K. The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
Further reading
- Rosenthal, Harold (1980). "Célestine Galli-Marié". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. vii (1st ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 127.
External links
Media related to Célestine Galli-Marié at Wikimedia Commons
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