Marthe Chenal

as Aphrodite

Marthe Chenal
1881-1947
French Soprano
Studied Conservatoire de Paris Martini.
Debut in 1905 at the Palais Garnier as Brunehild in Ernest Reyer's Sigurd.Joined the roster of principal singers at the Opéra-Comique debut with the company in the title role of Camille Erlanger's Aphrodite.Appeared in several world premieres : Gabriel Pierné's On ne badine pas avec l'amour, Alfred Bruneau's Le Roi Candaule, and Erlanger's La sorcière , Camille Erlanger's Bacchus triomphant