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

 

 

Marche dei Re (Noëls provençaux, French trad) X93059 203460-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) L’aube vermeille (Morgenlich leuchtend) 17695 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-12

Mignon (Thomas) Elle ne croyait pas 1664 A.P.G.A., Paris 1907-03

Mignon (Thomas) Elle ne croyait pas 54028, E66158 Pathé, New York 1917-04

Mignon (Thomas) Je suis heureux (w. Bériza) 17142 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1904

Mireille (Gounod) Anges du paradis 1-5285 1344-o Favorite, Paris 1906-02-1019

Mireille (Gounod) Chanson de Magali (w. Beriza) 150570 Dutreih

Mirellie (Gounod) Anges du paradis 1-5285 Favorite, Paris 1906-02-1019

Monella (Film Le chanteur inconnu) (Vebert-Sylviano) X93040 N203246-MC2 Pathé, Paris 1931-0912

Monna Vanna (Février) Elle est à moi, Vanna 54019 E66955 Pathé, New York 1918-10

O sole mio (Di Capua) 1-5284 Favorite, Paris 1906-02-1019

‘O surdato ‘nnamurato (Cannio) X93118 203841-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1933.mp3

Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach) Ah! avec quelle volupté X91029 203371-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932

Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach) Chanson d’Aristée X91029 203370-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Pauvre Paillasse X-82555 Zonophone, Paris 1906-06

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba 54012 E65916 Pathé, New York 1917-01-03

Pastore, Pastrosse (Noëls provençaux, French trad) 93061 N203456-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

Pecchè? (Flaviis-Pennino) X93127 203938 Pathé, Paris 1933-04