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Pierrette Alarie

Singer details:

Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Canadian
Year of Birth: 1921
Year of Death: 2011

About Pierrette Alarie:

Pierrette Alarie, CC CQ (November 9, 1921 – July 10, 2011) was a French Canadian coloratura soprano. She was married to the French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alarie was the daughter of a choirmaster, assistant conductor of the Société Canadienne d'opérettes, and of a soprano and actress. She studied voice and acting early and performed on radio from the age of 9, first as an actress and later as a singer of popular music. While studying voice with Victor Issaurel, she made her debut in 1938 at Les Variétés lyriques in the operetta The White Horse Inn. She also sang Marie in La fille du régiment and the lead role in Mireille. On a scholarship she went to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to complete her studies with Elisabeth Schumann.

Alarie won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and made her Metropolitan Opera debut on December 8, 1945, as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera under Bruno Walter. She spent three seasons at the Met singing Olympia Les contes d'Hoffmann, Blondchen Die Entführung aus dem Serail, etc.

She married French Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau in 1946. The two had met in Montréal in the early 1940s. The couple left for France in 1949 where she made her debut at the Opéra Comique in Paris. She sang the lead role in operas such as Les pêcheurs de perles, Lakmé, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Rigoletto. As a team Alarie and Simoneau gained celebrity in Europe and were invited to all the major festivals, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Edinburgh, as well as major opera houses such as Vienna and Munich.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Voici les valseurs! Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 2.07

Type: finale/scene/ensembleVoice: T T S MzLanguage: French

Roles: Spalanzani/Hoffmann/Olympia/Nicklausse
2Ella e pura in braccio a morte Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 3.19-2

Type: sextetVoice: T S S Br B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Amelia/Oscar/Renato/Samuel/Tom
3Qu'as-tu donc? Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 4.03-2

Type: sceneVoice: T S BLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Antonia/Crespel
4Calmatevi idol mio! Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 2.16

Type: recitativeVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ottavio/Anna
5Va je t'ai pardonn? Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 4.01-1

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Roméo/Juliette
6C'est une chanson d'amour Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 3

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Antonia
7Parle-moi de ma mere Popularity:

Opera: CarmenComposer: BizetAct: 1.09

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: José/Micaëla
8Ne plus chanter! Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 4.04-2

Type: sceneVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Antonia
9Ah! dessa e la Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 3.13

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Oscar
10O nuit divine je t'implore Popularity:

Opera: Romeo et JulietteComposer: GounodAct: 2.05-1

Type: duetVoice: T SLanguage: French

Roles: Roméo/Juliette
11Ah! mon ami! quel accent! Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 2.04-5

Type: sceneVoice: T Mz T SLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Nicklausse/Spalanzani/Olympia
12Vous serez satisfaits Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 2.04-2

Type: scene/chorusVoice: T Mz TLanguage: French

Roles: Spalanzani/Nicklausse/Hoffmann
13Tu me fuis? Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 2.06

Type: sceneVoice: T MzLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Nicklausse
14Je vous dis Popularity:

Opera: Contes d'Hoffmann, LesComposer: OffenbachAct: 1.06-2

Type: finale/ensemble/sceneVoice: T B-Br T B MzLanguage: French

Roles: Hoffmann/Lindorf/Nathanaël/Hermann/Nicklausse
15Finisci il vaticinio Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.21

Type: septet,choir,finaleVoice: T Br S cA B B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Renato/Oscar/Ulrica/Silvano/Samuel/Tom
16Ogni cura si doni al diletto Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09

Type: quintetVoice: T Br S B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Renato/Oscar/Samuel/Tom
17L'amour triomphe Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 3

Type: trioVoice: T/Mz S SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo/Euridice/Amore
18Laissez vous toucher par mes pleurs Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 2

Type: aria,choirVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo
19Soumis au silence Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: mezzo or tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Orfeo
20La rivedra nell'estasi Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.04-2

Type: aria,choirVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo
21De mon amie fleur endormie Popularity:

Opera: Pêcheurs de perles, Les (The Pearl Fishers)Composer: BizetAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: French

Roles: Nadir
22Amelia ah dessa ancor Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Samuel
23Sombres divinites Popularity:

Opera: Pêcheurs de perles, Les (The Pearl Fishers)Composer: BizetAct: 3.06

Type: quartetVoice: S T Br BLanguage: French

Roles: Leïla/Nadir/Zurga/Nourabad
24Ah! perche qui fuggite Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 3.17-2

Type: trioVoice: S T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia/Riccardo/Renato
25Tendre amour Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo ed EuridiceComposer: GluckAct: 3

Type: trioVoice: S T/Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amore/Orfeo/Euridice
26Volta la terrea Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 1.08-1

Type: aria,duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oscar/Riccardo
27La brise est douce et parfumee Popularity:

Opera: MireilleComposer: GounodAct: 2

Type: duet,choirVoice: S TLanguage: French

Roles: Mireille/Vincent
28Fuggi crudele fuggi Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.04-3

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Ottavio
29Non sai tu che se l'anima mia Popularity:

Opera: Ballo in maschera, UnComposer: VerdiAct: 2.05

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Amelia/Riccardo
30Cara non dubitar Popularity:

Opera: Matrimonio Segreto, IlComposer: CimarosaAct: 1.02

Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carolina/Paolino
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