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

 

 

Puisque je t’aime (Film Le chanteur inconnu) (Vebert-Sylviano) X94107 N203227-C1 Pathé, Paris 1931-0912

Quand je suis loin de toi (Film Le chanteur inconnu) (Vebert-Sylviano) X94107 N203228-C1 Pathé, Paris 1931-0912

Quand Madelon (Robert) 54013 E66948 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 63014 E65917 Pathé, New York 1917-01-03

Roi d’Ys (Lalo) Vainement, ma bien-aimée (Aubade) 54007, E66134 Pathé, New York 1917-04

Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) Arie 54008 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Cavatine X-82577 Zonophone, Paris 1906-07

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) O ma femme, ô ma bien-aimée (Salut, tombeau) X-82554 Zonophone, Paris 1906-06

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Salut, tombeau 4884, 0207 Pathé, Paris 1907 (late)

San Joouse m’a di (Noëls provençaux, French trad) X93060 203455-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

Sérénade (Film La voix sans visage) (Arnoux-Lévine) X94397 204049 Pathé, Paris 1933-06

Sérénade inutile (Vergebliches Ständchen) (Brahms) X93116 N203839-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1933

Sigurd (Reyer) Hilda, vierge au pâle sourire X-82569 Zonophone, Paris 1906-07

Sigurd (Reyer) J’ai gardé mon âme ingénue X-82558 Zonophone, Paris 1906-06

Sigurd (Reyer) Prince du Rhin X-82570 Zonophone, Paris 1906-07

The star spangled banner (Key) 54017 E67005 Pathé, New York 1918-10

Torna a Surriento (de Curtis) X93127 203937 Pathé, Paris 1933-04

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles 1-5291 1378-o Favorite, Paris 1906-02-1019