Description

GERMAINE MARTINELLI (PARIS, FRANCE, 30 SEPTEMBER, 1887 – PARIS, FRANCE, 8 APRIL, 1964)

 

 

 

 

She studied singing under Jean Lassalle, Jean Bourbon, Grandubert, and A. Petit. She made her debut in 1908 in Paris under her maiden name, Germaine Jobert. She later married the actor Charles Martinelli and subsequently performed under his name. Beginning in 1912, first in France and then in other European countries, she enjoyed a successful career as a concert singer. In Paris, she appeared as a soloist at the Concerts Lamoureux, the Concerts Pasdeloup, and the Concerts du Conservatoire. She toured extensively in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain.

In 1936, she achieved great success at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Marguerite in Hector Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust. She also contributed to the field of music education in Paris. Her son, Jean Martinelli, became an actor and was engaged by the Comédie-Française in Paris.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

1. Aida (Verdi) Vers Nous Reviens Vainqueur 566112 Polydor
2. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete 566058 Polydor
3. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Autrefois un roi de Thulé 566040 Polydor
4. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) D’amour, l’ardente flamme  566040 Polydor
5. Lohengrin (Wagner) Ah! si de tol j’étais plus digne (w. Till) CLX 1930 Columbia
6. Lohengrin (Wagner) Air d’Elsa Dich teure halle X 7219 Pathé-Art
7. Lohengrin (Wagner) Grand Dieu! Crainte soudaine! (w. Till) CLX 1931 Columbia
8. Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg (Wagner) Oui, c’est vous ! (w. Till) LFX 373 CLX 1842 Columbia
9. Marie-Magdeleine (Massenet) C’est ici même, à cette place 566100 Polydor
10. Otello (Verdi) Ave Maria 566112 Polydor
11. Otello (Verdi) Chanson du Saule 524.118 5460 BKP, 5461 BKP Polydor
12. Ottone (Handel) Air de Gismonda Vieni, o figlio 566161 Polydor
13. Salammbô (Reyer) Air Des Colombes 566056 Polydor
14. Serse (Handel) Largo Ombra mai fu 56601 Polydor
15. Tannhauser (Wagner) Einsam in trüben Tagen  x 7219 Pathé-Art
16. Tristan et Isolde (Wagner) Mort d’Isolde Pathé-Art X 7220
17. Trouvère (Verdi) Miserere (w. Verdiere) 188.043 KI 3154, KI 3155 Odeon
18. Walkyrie (Wagner) Siegmund suis-je (w. Till) LFX 220 Columbia
19. Werther (Massenet) Air des Larmes Polydor 561065 4384 BKP Polydor