Description

GEORGETTE FROZIER-MARROT (1894 – 1978)

She was a member of the Grand Opéra in Paris from 1924 to 1929, performing roles such as Dalila in Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, Didon in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and Hérodiade in Massenet’s opera of the same name. In 1928, she gave successful performances at Covent Garden in London as Dalila and Carmen, appearing alongside Fernand Ansseau and Marcel Journet. In 1929, she joined the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where she sang Carmen, Margared in Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys, and other roles. Over the following twenty years, she appeared at leading theaters across provincial France and, from 1929 onward, frequently at the Monte Carlo Opera. As late as 1950, she was a guest artist in Strasbourg, performing Brangäne in Tristan.

Recordings: Her beautiful voice was first captured in Pathé recordings. In 1929, two recordings from Les Troyens were released by HMV; however, these soon disappeared from catalogs and are now extremely rare.

TRACKLIST

Carmen (Bizet) Habanera 0513 200212 Pathé, Paris 1925/1926

Erlkoening (Schubert) (Fr.) BFX 4  D 328 Columbia

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse 0513 Pathé, Paris 1925/1926

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix 0469 1141-c Pathé, Paris 1925/1926

Serse (Handel) Largo BFX 4 WLX 1638 Columbia

Trovatore (Verdi) La flamme brille 0517 Pathé, Paris 1929

Troyens à Carthage (Berlioz) Adieu, fière cité W1032 (033305) CN410-2 HMV, Paris 1929-03-11

Troyens à Carthage (Berlioz) Chers Tyriens W1032 (033304) CN409-2 HMV, Paris 1929-03-11