Pierrette Alarie
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| Background information | |
| Born | November 9, 1921 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | July 10, 2011 (aged 89) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Canadian singer and operatic soprano |
| Years active | 1938–1970 |
Pierrette Alarie,
Life and career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alarie was the daughter of a choirmaster, assistant conductor of the Société Canadienne d'opérettes, and of a soprano and actress. She studied voice and acting early and performed on radio from the age of 9, first as an actress and later as a singer of popular music. While studying voice with Victor Issaurel, she made her debut in 1938 at Les Variétés lyriques in the operetta The White Horse Inn. She also sang Marie in La fille du régiment and the lead role in Mireille. On a scholarship she went to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to complete her studies with Elisabeth Schumann.
Alarie won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and made her
She married French Canadian tenor
Alarie also had an important career in North America, appearing in opera and in recital in San Francisco,
After retiring from singing, Alarie became active as a teacher, she taught first at the Ecole Vincent d'Indy in Montréal and later at the
Honors
In 1959 she received the
Personal life
Pierrette Alarie and Léopold Simoneau had two daughters, Isabelle and Chantal. Simoneau died in 2006. Alarie died in Victoria, British Columbia on July 10, 2011, aged 89, from natural causes.
References
- ^ Pierrette Alarie-Simoneau obituary, July 13, 2011
- ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2010
- ^ "Pierrette Alarie – Ordre national du Québec". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Pierrette Alarie biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
External links
- Pierrette Alarie profile in The Canadian Encyclopedia Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Two interviews with Pierrette Alarie and Léopold Simoneau by Bruce Duffie, May 1, 1986, and August 23, 1987
- Simoneau and Pierrette Alarie fonds at Library and Archives Canada
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