Arbell, Lucy (September 1882; 1947), vocalist, née Georgette Wallace, made her operatic debut at the Garnier Palace as Dalila in Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns on 23 October 1903. She was well received by the public and cast successively as Amnéris (Aïda) and Madeleine (Rigoletto) in 1904, Uta (Sigurd) in 1905, and Fricka (La Walkyrie) in 1909. Miss Arbell came to be associated with Jules Massenet’s works, however, because she created parts at the Garnier in the following three…