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Fanny Heldy

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: French
Year of Birth: Not entered yet.
Year of Death: 1973

About Fanny Heldy:

Fanny Heldy (29 February 1888 - 13 December 1973) was a lyric soprano opera singer.

Born Marguerite Virginie Emma Clémentine Deceuninck in Ath (some sources say Liège), Hainaut, Belgium. She graduated from the Liège Conservatoire. Heldy made her professional debut as a substitute in the premiere of Ivan the Terrible, by Raoul Gunsbourg (at the La Monnaie, 26 November 1910). Between 1914 and 1918 she sang a number of major roles at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, making her first Paris appearance at the Opéra-Comique in 1917 as Violetta in La traviata. She portrayed Juliette in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Paris Opéra in 1920.

In 1923, she made the historic (some say first) recording of the Jules Massenet opera Manon for Pathé Records. The orchestra was conducted by Henri Büsser, and Heldy sang with tenor Jean Marny as Chevalier des Grieux. In December of that year, she sang the title role in Esclarmonde by Massenet during the opera's revival at the Paris Opéra.

For more than twenty years, Heldy was France's leading opera star, while gaining international recognition through her performances at La Scala in Milan and at the Royal Opera House in London. In 1936 she participated in the movie Opéra de Paris (directed by Claude Lambert).

She retired in 1939, residing at Château de Mivoisin, a 36 square kilometre property located 1½ hours south of Paris in Dammarie-sur-Loing, Loiret.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Depuis le jour Popularity:

Opera: LouiseComposer: CharpentierAct: 3.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Louise
2Adieu notre petite table Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 2.10-1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Manon
3Parle-moi de ma mere Popularity:

Opera: CarmenComposer: BizetAct: 1.09

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: José/Micaëla
4Dis moi que je suis belle Popularity:

Opera: ThaisComposer: MassenetAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Thaïs
5Toi! Vous! Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 3.26

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: French

Roles: Manon/Chevalier
6Obeissons quand leur voix appelle Popularity:

Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 3.09

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Manon
7O messager de Dieu Popularity:

Opera: ThaisComposer: MassenetAct: 3

Type: recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Thaïs
8Oh! la pitoyable aventure Popularity:

Opera: Heure Espagnolle, LeComposer: RavelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: French

Roles: Concepción
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