Lucie Bertrand (Berthet)

as Ophelia "Hamlet" Gounod

Lucie Bertrand (Berthet)
1866
Belguim Soprano
studied until 1892 at the Conservatoire National de Paris. She was immediately committed to the Paris Grand Opera, where she debuted in 1892 as Ophélie in 'Hamlet' by A.Thomas. ; on 02.19.1897 she performed at the Grand Opera in the world premiere of the opera 'Messidor' of A.Bruneau as Hélène with, in 1895 in the 'La Montagne noire' of Augusta Holmès. In the years of their engagement, she sang at the Grand Opera roles such as Juliette in 'Roméo et Juliette' by Gounod, the Marguerite in his' Faust ', the title role in' Thaïs' by Massenet, the Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's "Huguenots' , the title roles in 'Gwendoline' and 'Briseis' of E.Chabrier (1899 in the Paris premiere of this opera), Gilda in 'Rigoletto', the Zerlina in Don Giovanni and the Elsa in 'Lohengrin'.