Maria Murano
Maria Murano, the stage name of Suzanne Chauvelaud (July 4, 1918 in Nogent-sur-Marne – January 10, 2009 in Limoges) was a French lyric mezzo-soprano. She was most active postwar in the years between 1950 and 1970.[1]
Career[]
She started at the Paris Opera shortly after the end of World War II, then joined the Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, where she became famous as Madame Alexandra in Jean-Michel Damase and Jean Anouilh's lyrical comedy Colombe in 1961.
Later, she played opposite Luis Mariano in Le Prince de Madrid, and Ivan Rebroff in Fiddler on the Roof.
Private life[]
Her partner was politician Roland Dumas.[2]
Honors[]
Selected roles[]
- The Duchess in Jacques Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein in 1956
- Madame de Quimper-Karadec in Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne
- La Périchole in Jacques Offenbach's La Périchole
- Moineau in Louis Beydts' Operetta Moineau
- Madame Alexandra (Julien's mother) in Jean-Michel Damase' Colombe in 1961
- La Duchesse d'Albe in Francis Lopez's Le Prince de Madrid
- Golde (milkman Tevye's wife) in Sholem Aleichem's Fiddler on the Roof in 1969 at the Théâtre Marigny
- Alice in Eugène Ionesco's The Picture at the Théâtre Silvia-Monfort in 1975
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Maria Murano", Wikipédia (in French), 2018-11-08, retrieved 2019-11-22
- ^ Match, Paris. "Christine Deviers-Joncour - L'agent très privé de Roland Dumas". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-22.
Source[]
- (in French) Annonce du décès sur le Populaire.fr
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Nogent-sur-Marne
- Operatic mezzo-sopranos
- 20th-century French opera singers
- 20th-century women opera singers
- 20th-century French women singers