Yvonne Gall

Yvonne Gall (born 6 March 1885 in Paris; died 21 August 1972 in Paris) was a famous French operatic soprano.

She trained at the Conservatoire de Paris and made her debut in 1908 at the Paris Opéra under André Messager as Woglinde in the Paris premiere of Götterdämmerung. She went on to specialize in French lyric roles, particularly Marguerite, Manon and Thaïs, though she also sang some dramatic roles such as Tosca, Elsa and eventually Isolde.

She sang at the premieres of Raoul Gunsbourg's operas, "Le vieil aigle" (1909), "Le cantique des cantiques" (1922) and "Lysistrata" (1923), also at the American premiere of Ravel's "L'heure espagnole".

She was married to the conductor Henri Büsser.

Recordings

Gall took part in one of the first complete opera recordings made by Pathé under François Ruhlmann with the chorus of the Opéra-Comique: "Roméo et Juliette" (Gounod) (1912). This was remastered by Ward Marston for VAI CDs in 1994.

ources

*Steane, J B (1992), 'Gall, Yvonne' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

* [http://www.cantabile-subito.de/Sopranos/Five_French_Divas/hauptteil_five_french_divas.html Biographical sketch with sample recording at Cantabile-Subito]