Martha Angelici

Martha Angelici (22 May 1907 – 11 September 1973) was a French operatic soprano of Corsican origin, particularly associated with the French lyric repertoire. Angelici was born in Cargèse. While still very young she moved with her family to Belgium, where she studied voice in Brussels with Alfred Mahy. She began singing on radio for the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgian audiences in 1933, and gave her first public concert at the Kurzaal of Ostend in 1934. Her first stage performance was in Marseille, as Mimi in La bohème, in 1936. She made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1938, where she had a long and successful career, and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in 1953, as Micaela in Carmen, other notable roles included Leila, Pamina, Nedda, etc. She made a few guest appearances at the Monte Carlo Opera and La Monnaie in Brussels. She was much admired in French baroque music notably in Rameau's Les Indes galantes.

Concert of the Birds - 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges - 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Léon Bakst - A Life for the Stage - 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Faust (1953 Version) - 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Airs d'opéras - 2023-09-08T00:00:00.000000Z

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