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Germaine Yvonne Arnaud (20 December 1890 – 20 September 1958) was a French pianist, singer and actress. After beginning a career as a concert pianist as a child, Arnaud acted in musical comedies. She switched to non-musical comedy and drama around 1920 and was one of the players in the second of the Aldwych farces, ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'', a hit in 1925. She also had dramatic roles and made films in the 1930s and 40s, and continued to act into the 1950s. She occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career. ==Life and career== Arnaud was the daughter of Charles Leon Arnaud and his wife Antoinette (née Montegut). She was raised in Paris and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 9, studying piano under Alphonse Duvernoy and other teachers.〔 In 1905, she won the conservatory's Premier Prix for piano. Beginning that year, at age 12, until 1911, she performed with leading orchestras throughout Europe and USA, under conductors such as Édouard Colonne, Arthur Nikisch, Willem Mengelberg, Vasily Safonov, Gustav Mahler and Alexander Siloti.〔Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954, Eric Blom, ed.〕 In 1911 she decided to try the stage instead of the concert hall and obtained an engagement at London's Adelphi Theatre as understudy to Elsie Spain in the role of Princess Mathilde in ''The Quaker Girl'', first going on stage in that role on 7 August 1911. She next played the leading role of Suzanne in the musical ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1912), earning popularity with her vivacity and charming French accent.〔Gillan, Don. ("Yvonne Arnaud" ), StageBeauty.net, accessed June 4, 2012〕 One reviewer wrote: "Arnaud is as clever as her ways are charming, and her voice is beautiful".〔"''The Girl in the Taxi'' Produced at The Lyric Theatre, London", ''Lloyds Weekly News'', London, 12 September 1908〕 This was followed by roles in more musical comedies, farces and operettas, including as Noisette in ''Mam'selle Tralala'' in 1914 (revived the following year as ''Oh! Be Careful''), two revivals of "The Girl in the Taxi" (in 1913 and 1915), in Harry Grattan's ''Odds and Ends'' (1914), ''Excuse Me!'' (1915)〔(Yvonne Arnaud list of plays ), University of Bristol Theatre Archive, accessed 11 November 2013〕 and Phrynette in ''L'Enfent Prodigue'', in which she also played the piano. She also had a lead in ''Kissing Time'' (1919). After this, an operation damaged her vocal cords, and so she switched from musicals to plays, beginning with the role of Louise Allington in the farce ''Tons of Money'', which ran for nearly two years at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 1922.〔 Her success in this play led to her appearance in the second of the Aldwych farces as Marguerite in ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'', by Ben Travers, which was a hit in 1925. Other comic roles included Mrs. Pepys in J.B. Fagan's ''And So to Bed'' (1926) and the title Role in Fagan's ''The Improper Duchess'' (1931). In 1927 she travelled to New York where she repeated the Mrs. Pepys on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. She also appeared in British films, beginning with the role of Pauline in ''Desire'', in 1920, opposite Dennis Neilson-Terry. In 1929–30, she played the role of Elma Melton in the stage version (both London and New York) and then the film version of ''Canaries Sometimes Sing''. She also appeared in some dramatic roles in the 1930s and 1940s, including some Shakespearean roles.〔 Among these were several productions of ''Love for Love'' during World War II.〔 Arnaud made more films during the 1930s and 40s, including film versions of some of the successful plays in which she had starred.〔(Archive: "Tom Walls (1883–1949)" ), British Pictures.com, accessed 2 June 2012〕 Arnaud's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library.〔(The New York Public Library Inventory of Sardi's Caricatures )〕 She continued to act on stage well into the 1950s.〔 She still occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career, for example, with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir John Barbirolli in Manchester in 1948.〔 She was also the soloist at the premiere of Franz Reizenstein's pastiche ''Concerto Popolare'' at the 1956 Hoffnung Festival (having been chosen after Eileen Joyce declined). 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「Yvonne Arnaud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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