Description

GENEVIÈVE VIX (NÉE BROUWER, LE HAVRE, DECEMBER 31, 1879 – PARIS, AUGUST 25, 1939)

 

 

 

 

She was descended from a Dutch family, and her real name was Geneviève Brouwer. She studied at the Conservatoire in Paris and made her debut in 1906 at the Opéra-Comique in Camille Erlanger’s Aphrodite. In 1907, she sang in the premiere of Circé by Paul and Théodore Hillomacher at the Opéra-Comique. She was engaged by the Manhattan Opera House in New York in 1908. On November 19, 1911, she appeared at the Opéra-Comique in the premiere of Maurice Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole as Concepcion. In 1914, she performed in the premiere of Franco Leoni’s Francesca da Rimini there.

In 1919, she sang the role of Carmen in the Buenos Aires premiere of Carmen at the Teatro Colón, 44 years after the opera’s original premiere. In 1921, she appeared at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr by M. Chapuis. She also performed Pelléas et Mélisande in 1925 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and later in Rio de Janeiro. In 1928, she sang in the Opéra-Comique premiere of Alfred Bruneau’s Angelo, Tyran de Padoue. She made successful guest appearances in Nice, Monte Carlo, Brussels, and Bordeaux. In 1915, she sang in the Buenos Aires premiere of Massenet’s Le jongleur de Notre-Dame at the Teatro Colón. In 1926, she appeared at the Grand Opéra in Salome by Richard Strauss, receiving great acclaim. Her career extended into the 1930s.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Belle Hélène (Offenbach) Vénus 0669 Pathé, Paris 1928
2. Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Barcarolle 0301 2992 Pathé, Paris 1921
3. Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Elle a fui 0315 Pathé, Paris 1921
4. Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein (Offenbach) Voici le sabre 0669 Pathé, Paris 1928
5. Manon (Massenet) Air du Cours-la-Reine 0302 Pathé, Paris 1921
6. Manon (Massenet) Gavotte 0302 Pathé, Paris 1921
7. Thaïs (Massenet) Qui te fait si sévère 0300 Pathé, Paris 1921
8. Thaïs (Massenet) Scène du miroir 0300 Pathé, Paris 1921
9. Werther (Massenet) Air des larmes 0301 2993 Pathé, Paris 1921