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as Manon Lucy Bertrand 1896-1975 Soprano Wife of Jacques Béranger (Mézières, 20, director of Swiss theater. Debut la Monnaie de Bruxelles, on March 1, 1926 in Manon (Manon). Then sings Lakmé (Lakmé), Carmen (Micaela), Bohème (Mimi), Mireille (Mireille), the Barber of Seville (Rosine) and the King of Ys (Rosenn).

Derek Oldham 1887 – 1968 English Tenor After performing in concerts as a boy soprano and working as a bank clerk, Oldham began a professional performing career in 1914. With the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Scots Guards, serving with valour. After the war, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, singing the tenor leads in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas for three years. He then starred in musicals and operettas in the West End in the 1920s, including Madame Pompadour, The Merry Widow, Rose-Marie and The Vagabond King. He returned to the D'Oyly Carte for brief periods from 1929 to 1937. Oldham continued singing, recording and acting through the 1940s, also appearing in several films. He concentrated on legitimate theatre in the 1950s, acting until the age of 70. He maintained a lifelong interest in Gilbert and Sullivan, serving as an officer of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He finally retired to Hampshire during the last ten years of his life.

Dolly Castles (Ethel Castles) 1884-1971 Australian Soprano She was born in Bendigo, she appeared for several seasons with the J,C, Williamson Company and made her way to America where she appeared as the principal soprano in the first production of the musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, based on the OZ books of L. Frank Baum (music by Louis Gottschalk), which was shown in Los Angeles on 31 March 1913. She retired from the stage after World War 1, In Australia she appeared in the original Australian cast of the J.C. Williamson’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited as The Princess Zara at the Princess Theatre which premiered on January 20, 1905 and which closed after 18 performances. She was in the credits for a revival of The Sorcerer produced at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney in December 1905 and also in the Sydney 1905 season where she was in the revival of the title role of Princess Ida.

as Carmen "Carmen" by Bizet Marie Gutheil-Schoder 1874-1935 German Soprano he debuted in the secondary role of the First Lady at the Weimar Court Opera in The Magic Flute in her native city of Weimar in 1891. Gustav Mahler engaged her for the Vienna State Opera in 1900, where she remained until 1926. She appeared at the Royal Opera House as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier in 1913. One of her famous roles was her portrayal of a "strange, Nietzschean" Carmen. She was seen in the 1914 Vienna premiere of Richard Strauss's ballet, Josephslegende as Potiphar's Wife. She created Esmeralda in the world premiere of Franz Schmidt's opera Notre Dame in the same year. Gutheil-Schoder created the fiercely difficult single role of Arnold Schoenberg's monodrama Erwartung in 1924 in Prague; earlier that year, she performed his Pierrot lunaire. Mahler termed her "a musical genius," and she was highly regarded as a musician and singing-actress, although she seemed to be, as one Viennese critic wrote, "the singer without a voice." In her later career, she became a stage director of opera.

Berta Kiurina 1882-1933 Austrian Soprano Studied piano first at the Vienna Conservatory, then G. Geiringer Gesang. In 1905 she, discovered by G. Mahler, came to the Wr. State Opera, where she was engaged until 1921 and 1926/27. She also appeared at the Salzburg Festival and as a guest in Berlin. K., from 1931 as a teacher at the Musikakad. active, was married to the singer Hubert Leuer (from 1904 at the Wr. Staatsoper).

as Lakme' in "Lakme" by Delibes Yvonne De Treville ( Edyth Le Gierse) 1881-1954 American Soprano Studied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi Debutt in 1897 with the Castle Square Opera Company in New York. Returned to Paris in 1899 and continued her study with Mathilde Marchesi. Debut 1902 at the Paris Opéra-Comique as Lakmé.Guest appearances in Stockholm (1903 and 1910), St. Petersburg (1904-05), Bucharest, Budapest, Nice, Berlin and Prague. Sang at at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, 1907-1909 seasons 1909 and 1910 she appeared at the Vienna Court Opera. 1910 Frankfurt . and Cologne, 1911 Hannover. In 1912 she returned to America, where she continued her career now primarily as a concert singer. Later she taught singing in New York.

as Bar-Kokéba in “Le fils de l’Étoile” by Erlanger, CREATOR at the Grand Opéra Paris 1896 ALBERT ALVAREZ (Raymond Gourron) 16 January 1861- 26 February 1933 Studied singing with the Martini in Paris. 1886 debut at the Opera of Ghent as Gounod’s Faust. He then sang in Lyon and Marseille in 1892 and came to the Grand Opera of Paris .Sang 06.20.1894 in the premiere of Massenet’s “Thaïs” as Nicias, 1895 in the world premiere of “La Montagne Noire” by Augusta Holmès, 1897 Walther von Stolzing in the Paris premiere of “Meistersinger” by Wagner (in french language), in 1897 the world premiere of. Messidor,” by Bruneau 1901 in the world premiere of “Astarte” by Xavier Leroux, 1904 “Le fils de l’Étoile” by Erlanger, at the Grand Opéra Paris also in 1896 at the premiere of the opera “Hellé” by Duvernoy, 1898 “La Burgonde” by Vidal and 1905 at the premiere of the opera “Fredegonde” by Guiraud. In Monte Carlo, he starred in the world premieres of operas “Messaline” by De Lara (21/03/1899) and “Hélène” (dedicated to Nellie Melba) by Saint-Saëns (02/18/1904) .Guested 1893-1903 at Covent Garden Opera London. Here he sang on the 20/06/1894 Araquil in the world premiere of the opera “La Navarraise” by Massenet, 1893 in the world premiere of “Amy Robsart” by De Lara. In 1899-1903 he was the Metropolitan Opera New York (debut as Roméo in “Roméo et Juliette” by Gounod). In 1907-08 he undertook a major tour of Belgium and Germany. He worked as a teacher in Paris. Roles included Raoul in ‘Les Huguenots’ by Meyerbeer, Sigurd, in the opera of the same name by Reyer, Des Grieux in Massenet’s “Manon,” ,Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Siegmund in “Die Walküre,” Radames in “Aida” and Othello by Verdi, Fernand in “La Favorite,” by Donizetti, José in “Carmen”, Jean in “Le Prophete” by Meyerbeer, Rodrigue, in “Le Cid” by Massenet ,Matho in the “Salammbô” by Reyer, Hoffmann in “The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach,” Tristan in “Tristan and Isolde” by Richard Wagner and Faust in “La damnation de Faust” by Berlioz.

as Don Juan "Don Juan " by Mozart RENAUD Maurice (Maurice CRONEAU ). — Baritonen (Bordeaux, 24 Julyt 1862 – Paris, 16 October 1933). Début 17 July 1891 in L'AFRICAINE (Nélusko). 1891, LES HUGUENOTS (Nevers), LA FAVORITE (Alphonse), SIGURD (Gunther, The Priest in 1896) ; 1892, FAUST (Valentin), GUILLAUME TELL (Leuthold, then Guillaume), AÏDA (Amonasro), LE SICILIEN (Tircis), OTHELLO (Iago) ; then SAMSON ET DALILA (Grand Priest 1893), TANNHÄUSER (Wolfram 1895) ; HAMLET (Hamlet), DON JUAN (Don Juan) in 1896 ; RIGOLETTO (Rigoletto), THAÏS (Athanaël) 1908 ; APOTHEOSE DE BEETHOVEN (Teltscher), HENRY VIII (Henry VIII) 1909 ; LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (Méphistophélès, 1910), LE VIEIL AIGLE ( Khan, 1914), MONSIEUR CHOUFLEURI RESTERA CHEZ LUI LE... (Fetermann, 1919). Creator in LOHENGRIN ( Telramund), SALAMMBO (Hamilcar), LA VIE DU POETE, RHEINGOLD (Albérich), DEIDAMIE (Ulysse), GWENDOLINE (Harald), DJELMA (Raim), LA MONTAGNE NOIRE (Aslar), FREDEGONDE (Hilpérik), MESSIDOR (le Berger), LES MAÎTRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Beckmesser), LA PRISE DE TROIE (Chorèbe), LANCELOT (Arthus . He created at the Nouveau-Théâtre on April 26, 1906 the Clown (Auguste) of Isaac de Camondo

as Vita "L'Etranger" by d'Indy sang in Première Paris, Théâtre de l'Opéra (Palais Garnier) 04 December 1903 LUCIENNE BREVAL (Bertha Agnès Lisette Schilling) (4 November 1869, Zürich- 15 August 1935, Neuilly-sur-Seine) Swiss Soprano She studied voice with Victor Warot at the Paris Conservatoire before making her debut at the Opéra National de Paris in 1892 as Selika in l'Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer .Bréval became a principal soprano at the Paris Opéra and remained there until 1919.[3] Her roles with the company included several world premières including Augusta Holmès's La Montagne Noire (1895), Camille Erlanger's Le fils de l' étoile' (1904), Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1907), Massenet's Bacchus (1909), and the title roles in Massenet's Ariane (1906) and Henry Février’s Monna Vanna (1909). She also was Kundry in France's first performance of Wagner's Parsifal (1914). Her other notable roles at the Paris Opera included Brünnhilde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre (1893), Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser (1895), Marguerite in Hector Berlioz's La damnation de Faust (1897), and the title role in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie (1908). Bréval also occasionally appeared in productions at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Most notably she portrayed the title role in the world premiere of Massenet’s Grisélidis in 1901, and in 1910 she sang Lady Macbeth in the première of Ernst Bloch’s Macbeth, which he dedicated to her. In 1899, Bréval made her first appearance at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden as Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. Two years later she made her American début at the Metropolitan Opera as Chimène in Le Cid, singing also in Die Walküre and the American première of Ernest Reyer’s Salammbô. Five years later she returned to Covent Garden for the second and last time in the title role of Gluck’s Armide. In 1913 she created the title role in Fauré’s Pénélope at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo; her other title roles there had been in Isidore De Lara's Amy Robsart and in Bizet's Carmen

as Ulysse in "Deidamie" by Marechal CREATOR Paris Opera 15 September 1893 RENAUD Maurice (Maurice CRONEAU ). — Baritonen (Bordeaux, 24 Julyt 1862 – Paris, 16 October 1933). Début 17 July 1891 in L'AFRICAINE (Nélusko). 1891, LES HUGUENOTS (Nevers), LA FAVORITE (Alphonse), SIGURD (Gunther, The Priest in 1896) ; 1892, FAUST (Valentin), GUILLAUME TELL (Leuthold, then Guillaume), AÏDA (Amonasro), LE SICILIEN (Tircis), OTHELLO (Iago) ; then SAMSON ET DALILA (Grand Priest 1893), TANNHÄUSER (Wolfram 1895) ; HAMLET (Hamlet), DON JUAN (Don Juan) in 1896 ; RIGOLETTO (Rigoletto), THAÏS (Athanaël) 1908 ; APOTHEOSE DE BEETHOVEN (Teltscher), HENRY VIII (Henry VIII) 1909 ; LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (Méphistophélès, 1910), LE VIEIL AIGLE ( Khan, 1914), MONSIEUR CHOUFLEURI RESTERA CHEZ LUI LE... (Fetermann, 1919). Creator in LOHENGRIN ( Telramund), SALAMMBO (Hamilcar), LA VIE DU POETE, RHEINGOLD (Albérich), DEIDAMIE (Ulysse), GWENDOLINE (Harald), DJELMA (Raim), LA MONTAGNE NOIRE (Aslar), FREDEGONDE (Hilpérik), MESSIDOR (le Berger), LES MAÎTRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Beckmesser), LA PRISE DE TROIE (Chorèbe), LANCELOT (Arthus . He created at the Nouveau-Théâtre on April 26, 1906 the Clown (Auguste) of Isaac de Camondo

as Telramud "Lohengrin" Wagner Sang in the Première Théâtre de l'Opéra (Palais Garnier) 16 September 1891 RENAUD Maurice (Maurice CRONEAU ). — Baritonen (Bordeaux, 24 Julyt 1862 – Paris, 16 October 1933). Début 17 July 1891 in L'AFRICAINE (Nélusko). 1891, LES HUGUENOTS (Nevers), LA FAVORITE (Alphonse), SIGURD (Gunther, The Priest in 1896) ; 1892, FAUST (Valentin), GUILLAUME TELL (Leuthold, then Guillaume), AÏDA (Amonasro), LE SICILIEN (Tircis), OTHELLO (Iago) ; then SAMSON ET DALILA (Grand Priest 1893), TANNHÄUSER (Wolfram 1895) ; HAMLET (Hamlet), DON JUAN (Don Juan) in 1896 ; RIGOLETTO (Rigoletto), THAÏS (Athanaël) 1908 ; APOTHEOSE DE BEETHOVEN (Teltscher), HENRY VIII (Henry VIII) 1909 ; LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (Méphistophélès, 1910), LE VIEIL AIGLE ( Khan, 1914), MONSIEUR CHOUFLEURI RESTERA CHEZ LUI LE... (Fetermann, 1919). Creator in LOHENGRIN ( Telramund), SALAMMBO (Hamilcar), LA VIE DU POETE, RHEINGOLD (Albérich), DEIDAMIE (Ulysse), GWENDOLINE (Harald), DJELMA (Raim), LA MONTAGNE NOIRE (Aslar), FREDEGONDE (Hilpérik), MESSIDOR (le Berger), LES MAÎTRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Beckmesser), LA PRISE DE TROIE (Chorèbe), LANCELOT (Arthus . He created at the Nouveau-Théâtre on April 26, 1906 the Clown (Auguste) of Isaac de Camondo

as Capulet "Romeo et Juliette" by Gounod JEAN FRANCIS DELMAS Lyon, April 14, 1861-73.Saint - Alban-de-Monthel, 29 September 1933). French Bass Debut September 28, 1886 in LES HUGUENOTS (Saint-Bris). Sings the FREISCHÜTZ (Gaspard, 1886), AIDA (the King), FAUST (Mephistopheles) in 1887. DON JUAN (Leporello, 1887; don Juan, 1902), SIGURD (Hagen, 1891), William TELL (Gessler), the Sicilian (Connie) in 1892. OTHELLO (Iago, 1894), TANNHÄUSER (Landgrave, 1895); Romeo and Juliet (brother Laurent), fatherland! (de Rysoor), LE CID (don Diego), ALCESTE (high priest) in 1900; HENRY VIII (Henry VIII, 1903), ARMIDE (Hidraot, 1905), the DAMNATION of FAUST (Mephistopheles, 1906), SAMSON ET DALILA (high priest), HIPPOLYTE and ARICIE (Thésée) in 1908. ŒDIPE A column (Oedipus),. BRISEIS (Strakokles) in 1916. Is the creator of LA DAME DE MONSOREAU (Monsoreau), ROMEO ET JULIETTE (Capulet), ZAIRE (Jeanette); on March 16, 1891 LE MAGE (Amrou) de Jules Massenet LOHENGRIN (King), SALAMMBÔ (Nar-Havas), die WALKÜRE (Wotan). on March 16, 1894 THAÏS (Athanaël) by Jules Massenet; HELLE (Gautier), MESSIDOR (Mathias),LES MAITRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Hans Sachs), BURGONE (Attila), JOSEPH (Jacob), ASTARTE (Phur); on April 26, 1901LE ROI DE PARIS (Henri, Duke of Guise) of Georges Hüe. THE LES BARBARES (Scaurus), SIEGFRIED (Wotan), ORSOLA (Bishop), bench (Tonio),LA STATUE (Arnigiad), L’ETRANGER (l'Etranger), LE FILS DE L'l'ETOILE (Akiba), TRISTAN & ISOLDE (Kurwenal), DARIA (Yvan),LA GLOIRE DE CORNEILLE (Auguste), ARIANE (Parithoils), LA CATALANE (Miguel), Twilight of the gods (Hagen), MONNA VANNA (Marco), RHEINGOLD (Wotan), LA Forêt (Pierre), ICARE (Daedalus), ROMA (Fabius), FERVAAL (Arfagard), PARSIFAL (Gurnemanz), L'OURAGAN (Gervais), La Roman le ESTELLE (Rubini), La GIRONDINS (Fonfrède), JEANNE d'Arc (Jacques d'Arc), INTERMEDE (Pierre Dupont), La Legende of SAINT Christoph (the hermit), ANTAR (Malek), LA FILLE DE ROLAND (Charlemagne), LES BURGRAVES (the beggar). Participated in the first performance December 24, 1923 of ESCLARMONDE (Emperor Phorcas) by Jules Massenet. He created at the Nouveau-Théâtre 26 April 1906 le Clown (Barbazan) of Isaac de Camondo.

as Scarpia "Tosca" Puccini Rudolf Hofbauer 1873- German Baritone Went to Vienna for a short training, where he joined the Deutsche Volkstheater in 1894 as a chorister and sang minor roles, His voice was discovered, he was engaged in 1902 as an operetta singer at the Vienna Theater and in 1902 participated in the world premiere of Lehár's operetta "The Ratselbinder". He also sang there in the world premiere of the operetta "The Violet Girl" by Hellmesberger. For the season 1905-06 he moved to the Theater an der Wien and was then committed in 1906 to the Vienna Volksoper, where he now appeared primarily as an opera singer. In 1907 he sang the Scarpia in the Viennese premiere of Puccini's "Tosca" and performed in roles such as the Count in "Figaro's Wedding", Johannes in "Evangelimann" by Kienzl, Lescaut in "Manon" by Massenet and de Siriex in "Fedora" by Giordano. In 1906 he was engaged to the Komische Oper Berlin, where he worked as Escamillo in "Carmen" and in the four demonic parts in " Hoffmann's stories . In the latter parts he made his debut in 1910 at the Vienna Court Opera, to which he belonged until 1916. Here he sang, , Golo in the premiere of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" (1911), Faninal in the "Rosenkavalier" and the Pizarro in "Fidelio" a. In 1913 he took over at the Vienna Volksoper in the Austrian premiere of Puccini's "Girls from the Golden West" ("La Fanciulla del West") the role of Jack Rance. 1918-23 he was a member of the German Opera House Berlin, where to his roles the Gunther in the "Twilight of the Gods", In 1923 he took part in the tour of German Opera through North America.

as Turandot "Turandot" Puccini Eva Turner 1892-1990 English Soprano Her first formal singing lessons were with Dan Rootham, 1911 to 1914, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. began her career as a chorister with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and steadily took on larger roles such as Kate Pinkerton and the lead role of Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Micaela in Carmen, Musetta in Puccini's La bohème, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Freia in Das Rheingold, Elsa in Lohengrin, Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Leonora in La forza del destino, Leonora in Fidelio, Eva in Die Meistersinger, and the title roles in Aida, Tosca (in one performance of which the famous incident with a trampoline occurred) [1] and Thaïs. In 1924, after an audition for the La Scala company in Milan, she was engaged by its principal conductor Arturo Toscanini as Freia and Sieglinde for the La Scala Ring Cycle of 1924–25. She also played the title role in Turandot. She was in the audience for the April 1926 premiere at La Scala and first sang it in December that year at the Teatro Grande in Brescia. In 1928, she performed it at the Covent Garden (also playing Aida and Santuzza during the season), and in 1929, she took the part at La Scala.After retiring the stage, she remained active in the industry, the following year, she was offered the position of visiting the Professor of voice at the University of Oklahoma, and a one-year contract was extended for nine years. She returned to London in 1959 where she was appointed Professor of Singing at the Royal Academy of Music, a position she held until aged well into her 80s

as Hans Sachs " Meistersangers" Wagner Werner Engle 1884-???? German Bass He was a pupil of the Eichelberg Conservatory in Berlin and completed his training with Paul Bulss and Mathilde Mallinger. In 1906 he made his stage debut at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. 1911 - 1912 he sang at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth as Amfortas in 'Parsifal'..He sang at Stadttheater Zurich ,Deutsches Opernhaus Berlin,Hofoper Dresden, Hoftheater Dessau., Vienna State Opera, Städtische Oper Berlin and Berlin Volksoper..Guest appearances at Covent Garden Opera, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Budapest.Roles Included Escamillo in 'Carmen', Amonasro in 'Aida', King Philip in 'Don Carlos' by Verdi, Jago in 'Othello', Count Luna in 'Troubadour', the Pizarro in 'Fidelio', in addition Wagner heroes (Flying Dutchman, Wolfram, Telramund, Hans Sachs,

as Selika or Inez "L'Africaine" Giacomo Meyerbeer. Marguerite Sylva (Marguerite Alice Hélène Smith) 1875 – 1957) Belgian mezzo-soprano /soprano After an audition with Augustus Harris, she was engaged to sing for the Drury Lane Theatre, and made her debut there in Carmen.She went to the United States with Herbert Beerbohm Tree's theatre company she carved out an increasingly successful career in musical comedy, operetta and vaudeville. in 1904 she again became fascinated by opera. and studied with Madame Delattre, She made her debut in 1906 in the title role of Carmen at Opera Comique .She sang with great success throughout France and Germany In 1909, Oscar Hammerstein invited her to return to America to sing at Manhattan Opera House. she also sang Boston Opera Company,San Carlo Opera . Berlin Royal Opera .Her Opera roles included Carmen (Carmen) ,Cavalleria rusticana Santuzza) ,Erminie (Erminie) ,Faust (Marguerite),Gypsy Love (Zorika),La bohème (Musetta ) ,La favorite Léonore) Le Chemineau (Catherine),Le Point d'Argentan (Rose-Marie) ,Les contes d'Hoffmann (Giulietta),Manon (Manon) Mignon (Mignon),Mireille (Taven) Pagliacci (Nedda) ,Tosca (Tosca) Werther (Charlotte)

Selma Kurz 1874 – 1933 Austrian soprano Her patron Count Nicholas Esterházy de Galántha, sent her for lessons with , Johannes Ress.Once her career was established, Kurz consulted such world-renowned voice teachers as Jean de Reszke in Nice and Mathilde Marchesi in Paris, as well as the soprano Felicie Kaschowska .She was first heard in Vienna at a student concert of Ress pupils in 1895.Début in the title role of Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon at the Hamburg Stadttheater, on May 12, 1895.She appeared all over Europe at the Grand Opéra in Paris, the Princely Opéra in Monte Carlo, Rome, Salzburg, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam, Ostend, Bucharest ,Cairo , London and New York. Roles included Urbain in Les Huguenots,Elisabeth in Tannhäuser,Oscar, in Un ballo in maschera, Gilda in Rigoletto , Marguerite in Faust , Mimi in La Boheme , Juliette in Romeo & Juliette

as Manru "Manru" Paderewski Anton Vladislavovich Sekar-Rozhansky 1863-1952 Russian Tenor Studied at St Petersburg Conservatory and graduated in 1891 , and then sang at opera houses in Rostov,Kharkiv and Tbilisi until 1895.Debut at the Mariinsky in 1896 and then left for Moscow to join Zimin’s Opera where he was principal tenor until 1914 . He created Sadko in “‘Sadko” by Rimsky Korsakoff at Moscow in 1898. Ivan ‘The Tsars Bride” By Rimsky Korskoff 1899 Moscoe and Tsarevich Cvidon “The tale of Tsar Sultan” by Rimsky Korsakoff Moscow 1900.Roles included Vasiliy “Khovanshchina” Mussorgsky and Grigoriy “Boris Godunov” Mussorgsky