Demougeot, Marcelle
(1876–1931)> VOCALIST
Demougeot, Marcelle (8 June 1876, Dijon; 23 November 1931, Ste-Maxime-sur-Mer), vocalist, studied in her native city under the direction of Charles Laurent before going to Paris to become a pupil of Hettich at the Conservatoire. She made her debut as a soprano at the Opéra as Dona Elvire of Don Juan on 17 October 1902. Her strong and brilliant voice was to make her the leading Wagnerian soprano in France during her time, and management showed no hesitancy about assigning important parts to her…