Cécile Thévenet (born November 22, 1872) was a Belgian opera singer.

Cécile Thévenet
Cécile Thévenet, as Charlotte in Werther, from a 1905 publication.
Born	November 22, 1872 Bruges
Nationality	Belgian
Other names	Cécilie Thévenet
Occupation	opera singer

Early life

Cécile Thévenet was born in Bruges, the daughter of Alphonse Thévenet and Anne Van Vyve. Her father was a music teacher and baritone singer. She was raised and educated in Brussels.[1] Her brothers Pierre Thévenet (1870-1937) and Louis Thévenet [fr] (1874-1930) became painters.[2]

Career

Cécile Thévenet sang with the Opéra-Comique in Paris. "Alike as a singer and an actress Mlle. Thévenet is a very great artist, a wonderfully clever creator of the characters she represents", commented one American publication in 1905.[1] In 1913 she sang the part of Euryclea in the premiere of Gabriel Fauré's Pénélope in Paris, with Lucienne Bréval in the title role.[3] She was also in the original cast of the Gustave Charpentier opera Julien, in 1913. She was known for her performances of Carmen.[4][5]

Other roles Thévenet sang included Musette in Leoncavallo's La bohéme (1899),[6] Leoncavallo's Zaza (1900),[7] Caroline in Die Fledermaus (1904), La Chouanne (1907),[8] the Nurse in Paul Dukas's Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1910), and Massenet's Thérèse (1913).[9]

Personal life

Thévenet died after May 1914.[10]

References

External links

• A photograph of Cécile Thévenet as Musette in La boheme (1900), at Getty Images.
• A photograph of Thévenet as Caroline in Die fledermaus (1904), at Getty Images.
• A photograph of Thévenet as Catherine in Le chemineau (1907), at Getty Images.