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

 

 

Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse (Planquette) 54020 E66956 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse (Planquette) X3483, Pathé, Paris 1930-11

Le rêve passe (Krier) 63007 E66130 Pathé, New York 1917-04

Le temps des cerises (Renard) 0486 E65480 Pathé, New York 1916-0405

Le temps des cerises (Renard) 17524 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-05

Les Chansons de la Provence (Mistral) Lou cont dou Souléu X93070 Pathé, Paris 1932

Les Chansons de la Provence (Mistral) O Magali (w. chorus) X93070 Pathé, Paris 1932

Les myrtes sont flétris!! (Faure) X3478 N202587-1 Pathé, Paris 1931-01

L’heure grise (Berger) 1569 A.P.G.A., Paris 1907-02

Magali (Film La voix sans visage) (Arnoux-Lévine) X94397 204050 Pathé, Paris 1933-06

Magali (Mistral) X3390 N201597-1 Pathé, Paris 1928-08

Magali (trad) (TRC Sapho (Massenet) O Magali) 63008 E65467 Pathé, New York 1916-0405

Manon (Massenet) Ah! fuyez, douce image 1494 A.P.G.A., Paris 1907-01

Manon (Massenet) Ah! fuyez, douce image 54001 E65469 Pathé, New York 1916-0405

Manon (Massenet) Eh quoi! partir ensemble (w. Leclerc) E8024 Eden, Paris 1906-10

Manon (Massenet) En fermant les yeux 1-5281 1306-o Favorite, Paris 1906-02-1019

Manon (Massenet) En fermant les yeux 54014 E66949 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Manon (Massenet) Et je sais votre nom (w. Leclerc) E8023 Eden, Paris 1906-10