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Edmée Favart (1879〔Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des cantatrices de l'Opera de Paris.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987, gives 1884 as the birth year.〕 – 29 October 1941) was a French soprano who had a varied and major career in opera and opéra comique and left many recordings of songs from roles she performed on stage. ==Life and career== Favart was born in Paris, the daughter of the baritone Edmond Favart and Zelie Weil, and appeared on stage with her father as a child in Algiers. She sang the Duchess in a 1904 revival of ''Le petit duc'' at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris. In 1907 she joined the company of the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Brussels. By 1912, she had returned to Paris, and appeared at the Gaîté in ''La fille de Madame Angot'' and ''La fille du tambour-major''.〔Gänzl K. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.〕 Favart made her debut at the Opéra-Comique on 20 June 1915 in ''Mignon'' (later singing the title role in the 1,500th performance of the opera at the theatre on 25 May 1919). She went on to sing Delphine (''Cosi fan tutte''), Clairette ''La fille de Madame Angot'', Colette (''La Basoche''), Rose Friquet (''Les dragons de Villars''), Micaëla (''Carmen''), Cherubino (''The marriage of Figaro''), Rosenn (''Le roi d'Ys''), and Mimi (''La boheme'') at the Salle Favart.〔Wolff, Stéphane. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 Favart created leading roles in ''La petite fonctionnaire'' in 1921 and ''Ciboulette'' in 1923 ; she also appeared in revivals of ''Véronique'', ''Madame l'archiduc'' and ''Le petit duc'' at the Théâtre Mogador.〔 She returned to the Opéra-Comique in 1925 for a single charity performance of ''Véronique''.〔 She also sang in the premieres of ''Monsieur Dumollet'' (1922), ''Pépète'' (1925), ''Quand on est trois'' (1925), ''Mannequins'' (1925), ''Le Diable à Paris'' (1927), ''Une nuit au Louvre'' (1928), ''Boulard et ses filles'' (1929) and ''Sidonie Panache'' (1930).〔http://comedie-musicale.jgana.fr/index.htm accessed 28 November 2010.〕 Favart retired in 1935, as Mme Paul Gazagne.〔 She died in Marseille. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edmée Favart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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