Lucien Muratore & Louise Grandjean

as Phedre & Thesee in " Ariane" by Massenet CREATOR ROLES 1906

LOUISE GRANDJEAN
(1870–1934)
French Soprano

Studied at the Paris Conservatory before making her professional opera debut in 1893 at the Opéra Comique as Isabella in Le Pré aux clercs.She was Alice Ford in France's first production of Verdi's Falstaff in 1894. she appeared in world premieres of Xavier Leroux's Astarté (1901), Jules Massenet's Ariane (1906), and Fernand Le Borne's La Catalane (1907In Monte Carlo she sang in the premieres of Eugène d'Harcourt's Le Tasse (1903) and Alfred Bruneau's Naïs Micoulin (1907) among other roles.

LUCIEN MURATORE
1878-1954
French Tenor
Studied at the Paris Music Conservatory, and made his operatic debut in 1902, at the Opéra-Comique opposite Emma Calve , creating the King in Reynaldo Hahn's La carmélite.Debut at La Monnaie in 1904, as Werther, and the following year at the Palais Garnier, as Renaud in Lully
Created several Massenet operas such as Ariane and Bacchus, at the Opéra, and Roma, in Monte Carlo. He also took part in the creation of La Catalane by Le Borne, Monna Vanna by Henry Février, Déjanire by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Pénélope by Gabriel Fauré.

He became principal French tenor with the Boston Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913–1914), the Chicago Opera Association (1915–1921), and the Chicago Civic Opera (1922). He also appeared at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Muratore retired from the stage in 1931. Returned to Paris and was made Director of Opera Comique