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26 septembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.enc.916
- isbn: 9782357230231
- eisbn: 9782357231290
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Gillian Opstad, « Georgette Leblanc, singer, actress, « femme extraordinaire » », Publications de l’École nationale des chartes, ID : 10.4000/books.enc.916
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A brief account of the life of the flamboyant and controversial Georgette Leblanc (1869-1941), who, despite no formal training, began her career as an opera singer in 1893, performing in Paris and Brussels. As the mistress of Maurice Maeterlinck she was disappointed not to be the first Mélisande in Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande, but acted in and promoted many of Maeterlinck’s plays. She was the first to sing Ariane in Dukas’opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue and eventually sang Mélisande in Boston in 1912. She also starred in L’Herbier’s film, L’Inhumaine.