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Janine Micheau

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Voice: Soprano
Nationality: French
Year of Birth: 1914
Year of Death: 1976

About Janine Micheau:

Janine Micheau (17 April 1914 – 18 October 1976) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of her era in France, particularly associated with lyric soprano and coloratura soprano repertory.

Janine (or Jeanine) Micheau was born in Toulouse, and studied voice at the Paris Conservatoire. She made her professional debut at the Opéra-Comique on 16 November 1933, as la Plieuse in Louise, following this with Loys in Juif polonais by Camille Erlanger, the neighbour in Angélique by Jacques Ibert and small roles in Lakmé (Miss Rose) and Mireille (Andreloun).

She later sang Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Olympia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles, Micaela in Carmen, and the title role in Lakmé at the Salle Favart. By 1935 her performances gained her invitations to Marseille (Lakmé), and then (at the instigation of Pierre Monteux) to Amsterdam (Mélisande) and San Francisco. In Buenos Aires Erich Kleiber conducted her in Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier.

She created the role of Creuse in Darius Milhaud's Médée, for her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1940, where she also sang Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La traviata and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, among other roles.

Once the war was over, her career became more international than it had been; she performed at La Scala in Milan, La Monnaie in Brussels, and the Royal Opera House in London. At these venues she sang nearly all the great French soprano roles: including Marguerite, Juliette in the Gounod opera, Massenet's Manon, and Mélisande in Pelléas. For French Radio she sang in Isoline (1947) and Madame Chrysanthème (1956), by André Messager.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Soumis au silence Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo
2Non sapete quale affetto Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05-1

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Violetta/Giorgio
3L'amour triomphe Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 3

Type: trioVoice: T/Mz S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo/Euridice/Amore
4Fortune ennemie Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Euridice
5Quel nouveau ciel Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo
6E grave il sacrifizio Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05-2

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Violetta
7Teneste la promessa Popularity:

Opera: Traviata, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Violetta
8Tendre amour Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 3

Type: trioVoice: S T/Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amore/Orfeo/Euridice
9Zeffiretti lusinghieri Popularity:

Opera: IdomeneoComposer: MozartAct: 3.02

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ilia
10Tanto amore segreto Popularity:

Opera: TurandotComposer: PucciniAct: 3.06-3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Liù
11Grossmachtige Prinzessin Popularity:

Opera: Ariadne auf NaxosComposer: StraussAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: German

Roles: Zerbinetta
12Ma fille cède aux voeux Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 4.07

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: French

Roles: Count/Juliette
13Quelqu'un c'est mon cousin Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 1.10

Type: recitative,finaleVoice: T S T Br Br BLanguage: French

Roles: Roméo/Juliette/Tybalt/Paris/Mercutio/Count
14A jamais Colin t'engage Popularity:

Opera: Devin du VillageComposer: RousseauAct: 1

Type: duetVoice: cT SLanguage: French

Roles: Colin/Colette
15Ah! vous, n'est-ce pas, preste! Popularity:

Opera: Heure Espagnolle, LeComposer: RavelAct: 1.14

Type: duet/sceneVoice: Mz TLanguage: French

Roles: Concepción/Gonzalve
16O Dieu Brahma Popularity:

Opera: Pêcheurs de perles, Les (The Pearl Fishers)Composer: BizetAct: 1.13

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Leïla
17Ah! revenez a la raison Popularity:

Opera: Pêcheurs de perles, Les (The Pearl Fishers)Composer: BizetAct: 2.05

Type: Voice: T S BLanguage: French

Roles: Nadir/Leïla/Nourabad
18A l'autel j'allais rayonnant Popularity:

Opera: Roi d'Ys, LeComposer: LaloAct: 3

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: French

Roles: Rozenn/Mylio
19Vainement ma bien aimee Popularity:

Opera: Roi d'Ys, LeComposer: LaloAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: French

Roles: Mylio
20Dis moi que je suis belle Popularity:

Opera: ThaisComposer: MassenetAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Thaïs
21Adieu, pastourelles Popularity:

Opera: Enfant et SortilegesComposer: RavelAct: 1.08

Type: chorusVoice: S cALanguage: French

Roles: Une pastourelle/Un pâtre
22Si le ciel est plein de flammes Popularity:

Opera: Roi d'Ys, LeComposer: LaloAct: 1.04-3

Type: sceneVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Mylio/Rozenn
23Je veux vivre (Juliet's Waltz) Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Juliette
24Pale et blonde Popularity:

Opera: HamletComposer: ThomasAct: 4

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: French

Roles: Ophélie
25Venez, l'heure presse Popularity:

Opera: Roi d'Ys, LeComposer: LaloAct: 1.03

Type: ensemble/sceneVoice: Mz SLanguage: French

Roles: Margared/Rozenn
26Mon père Dieu vous garde Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 3.01

Type: recitativeVoice: T B SLanguage: French

Roles: Roméo/Frère Laurent/Juliette
27As tu souffert? As tu pleure? Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 2

Type: duetVoice: B Mz/SLanguage: French

Roles: Lothario/Mignon
28Plus de soucis Mignon Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 2

Type: trioVoice: Mz/S T SLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon/Wilhelm/Philine
29Eh bien que l'avertissement Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 1.06

Type: recitativeVoice: T Br MzLanguage: French

Roles: Roméo/Mercutio/Gertrude
30Legeres hirondelles Popularity:

Opera: MignonComposer: ThomasAct: 1

Type: duetVoice: Mz/S BLanguage: French

Roles: Mignon/Lothario
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