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

 

 

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles 3728, 0033 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1903-10

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles 3982 Odeon, Paris 1904-0406

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles 4916, 0185 Pathé, Paris 1909-05

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles 17589 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-07

Tosca (Puccini) Le ciel luisait d’étoiles X-82552 Zonophone, Paris 1906-06

Tosca (Puccini) O de beautés égales 3729 0033 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1903-10

Tosca (Puccini) O de’beautés égales 37054 Columbia cylinders, Paris 1905-04

Traviata (Verdi) Air (De’ miei bollenti spiriti) 17523 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-05

Traviata (Verdi) Amis, buvons jusqu’à la lie (Libiamo, libiamo) 3968 Odeon, Paris 1904-0406

Traviata (Verdi) Brindisi 17512 Edison 2-min cylinders, Paris 1905-05

Traviata (Verdi) Non, non, loin d’elle X-82553 Zonophone, Paris 1906-06

Tu m’as quitté (Film La voix sans visage) (Arnoux-Lévine) X94398 204052 Pathé, Paris 1933-06

Tu ne sauras jamais! (Millandy-Rico) E65915 63003 Pathé, New York 1917-01-03

Un angi a fa la Crido (Noëls provençaux, French trad) X93059 203458-MC1 Pathé, Paris 1932-04

Werther (Massenet) J’aurais sur ma poitrine 0207 Pathé, Paris 1909-05

Werther (Massenet) J’aurais sur ma poitrine 4917 Pathé, Paris 1909-05

Werther (Massenet) Pourquoi me réveiller 54003 E65481 Pathé, New York 1916-0405