Description

LUCIEN MURATORE (MARSEILLE, FRANCE 29, AUGUST 1878 – PARIS, FRANCE, 16 JULY, 1954)

 

 

 

 

He was born and trained in Marseille, first as a cornist, and later as an actor. He made his debut at the Odeon theatre in Paris, where he played opposite such actresses as Sarah Bernhardt and Rejane. He then studied at the Paris Music Conservatory, and made his operatic debut in 1902, at the Opera-Comique, creating the King in Reynaldo Hahn’s La carmelite. He made his debut at La Monnaie in 1904, as Werther, and the following year at the Palais Garnier, as Renaud in Lully’s Armide. He created several Massenet operas such as Ariane and Bacchus, at the Opera, and Roma, in Monte Carlo. He also took part in the creation of La Catalane by Le Borne, Monna Vanna by Henry Fevrier, Dejanire by Camille Saint-Saens, and Pйnelope by Gabriel Faure. He became principal French tenor with the Boston Opera Company, the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913–1914), the Chicago Opera Association (1915–1921), and the Chicago Civic Opera (1922). He also appeared at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Muratore retired from the stage in 1931. He was married first to soprano Marguerite Beriza, and later to soprano Lina Cavalieri, with whom he appeared in a silent movie, Manon Lescaut, in 1914. In 1944 Muratore was for a few weeks Director of the Opera-Comique but was removed on the Liberation of Paris. His art of singing was at times almost overshadowed by his immense talent as an actor and elegance on stage. His students included Kenneth Neate, to whom he gave some of his own costumes for Don Jose (Bizet’s Carmen).

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1914 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1914 Boston Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1915 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Kansas City Convention Hall Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Milwaukee Auditorium Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Omaha Auditorium Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Toledo Terminal Auditorium Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Tulsa Auditorium Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1916 St. Louis Teatro Coliseum Carmen (Don Jose)

1918 Boston Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1918 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1919 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Carmen (Don Jose)

1919 Montevideo Teatro Solis Carmen (Don Jose)

1921 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Faust (Gounod) O nuit d’amour 17396 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris

Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, messieurs (w. Dangès & Belhomme) 4459, 2542 Pathé, Paris 1909-06

Faust (Gounod) Salut, demeure chaste et pure 54018 E66970 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Favorite (Donizetti) Ange si pur X-82578 Zonophone, Paris 1906-07

Favorite (Donizetti) Oh! Mon Fernand 17600 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1904

Fedora (Giordano) Amor ti vieta 54004 E65 Pathé, New York 1916-0405

Fedora (Giordano) Amor ti vieta 63010 E66772 Pathé, New York 1918-06

Foou Ana a Betelen (Noëls provençaux, French trad) X93060 203459-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

Fortunio (Messager) J’amais la vieille maison grise 63009 E66138 Pathé, New York 1917-04

Il pescatore canta! (Tosti) 63010 E65914 Pathé, New York 1917-01-03

Jocelyn (Godard) Berceuse X-82576 Zonophone, Paris 1906-07

Jocelyn (Godard) Cachés dans cet asile (Berceuse de Jocelyn) 17682 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-12

Jocelyn (Godard) Cachés dans cet asile 1672 A.P.G.A., Paris 1907-03

La Cambo mi fa maou (Noëls provençaux, French trad) 93061 N203457-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

La forêt de Noël (Margis) (w. Cavalieri) 64003 Pathé, New York 1916-0405

La Marseillaise (de l’Isle) 3161 E67006 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Le chant du depart (Méhul) 3160 E66957 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Le clairon (Deroulède-André) X3483, Pathé, Paris 1930-11