Lina Dachary

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Lina Dachary was a French soprano born in 1922 and died in 1999. She was particularly noted for her prolific radio appearances in operetta. [1] [2]

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Life and career

Originally from the Basque region, having obtained a Conservatoire first prize, [3] an early radio performance was in Ninon de Lenclos with music by Louis Mainqueneau, conducted by François Ruhlmann on 21 June 1944. [4] At the Opéra-Comique in Paris she sang the role of Adèle in the opérette Malvina by Hahn on 12 July 1945. [5]

She appeared at the Besançon Festival in 1948. [6] Moving over to the light opera repertoire, she appeared at the Théâtre de l'Empire in La belle de Cadix alongside Luis Mariano in 1949, [7] later dubbing Carmen Sevilla in the 1953 film.

At the 1953 Venice Festival she sang alongside André Vessières and Aimé Doniat in Françaix's L'Apostrophe (1947), a tale of cuckoldry, taken from Balzac's Cent Contes drolatiques, [8] in which she also appeared in Strasbourg in their 1958-59 season. She sang in a successful revival of L'Auberge du cheval blanc at the Théâtre du Châtelet in the early 1950s.

From the 1950s to 1970s Dachary sang many leading roles in operettas and light operas on French radio. The Operadis site lists 68 recordings dating from 1948 to 1974 of 62 works; [9] her Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) entry also has 68 recordings listed, with differences, and a total of 49 operatic works. [1] For some pieces Dachary participated in several different broadcasts; the Encyclopédie multimédia de la comédie musicale site gives five of Monsieur Beaucaire alone. [10] Many of these radio recordings were subsequently issued on LP or CD. [11]

She was still appearing on the radio in the mid 1970s, for instance a public concert performance in the 'Auditorium 104' of the Maison de l'ORTF of Tom Jones by Philidor in 1975. [12] Reviewing a CD of a 1958 recording of L'Ile de Tulipatan (in which she sang Alexis), the Opera magazine critic noted she "excelled in this repertoire... stars of the day who still twinkle brightly". [13]

On her retirement she returned to her home region. [14]

Discography

The following list gives the work, role played by Dachary, and where possible original record label and year of recording.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BnF page for Lina Dachary accessed 23 April 2020.
  2. ↑ VIAF page for Lina Dachary accessed 23 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Gazette de Bayonne, de Biarritz et du Pays basque, 20 mars 1944.
  4. ↑ 'La Radio'. Journal des débats politiques et littéraires (Paris) 1944-06-20 (Numéro 1361).
  5. ↑ Art-Lyrique - Cantatrices de l'Opéra-Comique accessed 23 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Semaine musical de Besançon. Combat : organe du Mouvement de libération française, Paris, 4th July 1948, p4.
  7. ↑ Gänzl K, Lamb A. Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre. The Bodley Head, London, 1988; photo in plates following page 496.
  8. ↑ Jolly, Cynthia. Report from Venice. Opera , November 1953, Vol.4 No.11 p68-69.
  9. ↑ Operadis page for Lina Dachary accessed 26 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Encyclopédie multimédia de la comédie musicale page for Monsieur Beaucaire, accessed 26 April 2020.
  11. ↑ WorldCat search page for Lina Dachary, accessed 26 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Opera, February 1975, Vol.26, No.2, p156.
  13. ↑ Webber, Christopher. CD Reviews. Opera, April 2020, Vol.71, No.4, p156.
  14. ↑ Bulletin mensuel de l'Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier. 2000, p41.
  15. ↑ Ronald Crichton. Record Reviews (Le Petit Faust). Opera, October 1986, Vol.37 No.10, p1168.
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