Georgette Brejean-Gravere

GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-GRAVIÈRE Soprano

(Georgette-Amélie SIXSOUT )
.Paris, September 22, 1870 - .Paris, August 30, 1951
Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, with Mangin and Crosti. Debut in 1890 at the Opera House of Bordeaux in which she appeared among other things in the local premières of the operas ‘’Sapho’’ and ‘’Esclarmonde’’of J. Massenet. In 1894 she joined to the Opéra-Comique in Paris where she sang the role of Manon in "Manon" by. Massenet’s. . She sang on 24 .5. 1899 at the Opéra-Comique in the premiere of J. Massenet’s ‘’Cendrillon’’ in the role of fairy. ; Jules Massenet wrote the ‘Fabliau’ (as an alternative to the gavotte in Act 3) specifically for her to sing in Brussels. She appeared as Manon and Lakmé at Monte Carlo the following season, adding LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES and GUILLAUME TELL a year later. At this time she sang under the name Bréjean-Gravière, later changing it upon her marriage to the composer Charles Silver, whose opera LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT provided her with another leading part.