Mathilde Auguez Explained
Pauline Mathilde Lucie Auguez de Montalant (28 March 1868 – 18 July 1955) was a French opera singer (light soprano).
Biography
Training
Auguez was born in Amiens. Her father, Auguste Jules Arsène, was employed by the railway. As a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, she received a third medal for solfège in 1885, a first prize for opéra comique in 1886, a second singing prize in 1887 and a second prize for opéra comique in 1887.[1]
Career
Her stage debut was in 1887 at the Opéra-Comique.[2] Her first important role, on 29 March 1888, was at that theatre in Madame Turlupin,[3] an opéra comique by Ernest Guiraud, in which she played Isabelle. She then sang in le Baiser de Suzon[4] by Herman Bemberg (premiere, role of Suzon); in Gounod's Mireille and Maillard's Les dragons de Villars. On 30 January 1889, she premiered Louis Varney's la Vénus d'Arles at the Théâtre des Nouveautés.[5] On 11 December 1891, at the Théâtre des Variétés, she was Denise de Flavigny in Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche. Later at the Variétés, she played in Offenbach's les Brigands.
In 1894, she gave a song recital at la Bodinière, which earned her this comment in la Caricature:
Her performances were frequently acclaimed by critics. For example, the Journal amusant wrote in 1910:
On 10 March 1898, she married journalist and playwright Henri Lavedan.[6] Auguez died on 18 July 1955 at her home in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.[7] She is buried with her husband and their daughter Geneviève at Père-Lachaise Cemetery.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Book: fr. Jules Martin. Nos artistes; portraits et biographies suivis d'une notice sur les droits d'auteurs, l'Opéra, la Comédie-Française, les Associations artistiques. 19. Paris. Librairie de l’Annuaire universel. 1895.
- Web site: fr. Mathilde AUGUEZ. artlyrique.fr. 19 January 2019.
- https://data.bnf.fr/42148943/madame_turlupin_spectacle_1872/ Madame Turlupin
- https://data.bnf.fr/fr/17139234/hermann_bemberg_le_baiser_de_suzon/ le Baiser de Suzon
- https://data.bnf.fr/fr/14852148/georges_bull_fantaisies__piano__la_venus_d_arles__varney__louis la Vénus d'Arles
- http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDMtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjQ2MDU1O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-459%2C-6&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=120 Archives de Paris 8th, acte de mariage #215, year 1898 (view 22/31)
- http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDMtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MzAxMjk2O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-839%2C-51&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=149 Archives de Paris 6th, death act #622, year 1955 (view 3/31)
- Book: fr. Paul. Bauer. Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise. Paris. Mémoire et Documents. 2006. 978-2914611480. 482. .
