Lucille Marcel

as Tosca in "Tosca" by Puccini

Lucille Marcel
(Lucille Wasself)
1877-1921
American Soprano
Studied in North America, and with Jean de Reszke in Paris. Debut in 1908 at the Vienna Court Opera as Elektra in “Elektra” by Richard Strauss. She became a member of the Municipal Theatre of Hamburg in 1912. Her American debut was in , 1911 at the Boston Opera as Tosca in ''Tosca'' by Puccini. She remained at Boston until 1914, In 1913 she sang in the American première of the opera ''Djamileh'' by Bizet.Guest appearance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris as Desdemona in Verdi's ''Otello'' and as Eva in the ''Meistersingers''. She married Felix von Weingartner in 1911 and went with him to the Court Theatre of Darmstadt, in 1914. She sang in the 1914 premiere of the opera of her husband ''Cain and Abel'' at Darmstadt Court Theatre. In 1919 she was at Vienna Court Theatre Her repertoire included roles like Tosca, Aida, Desdemona in ''Otello'' by Verdi, Marguerite in ''Faust'' by Gounod and Eva in the ''Meistersingers''by Wagner.