Marie-Anne Asselin
Singer, Deceased Person
1888 – 1971
Who was Marie-Anne Asselin?
Marie-Anne Asselin was a French Canadian mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She came from a musical family, being the sister of Pierre-Aurèle Asselin and the great aunt of André Asselin.
Asselin was born in the town of Sainte-Famille on l'Île d'Orléans in Quebec on September 5, 1888. Around 1900, she moved with her family to Montreal, where she studied music with Miss Lemire and Béatrice Lapalme.
Asselin made her singing debut on April 25, 1919 in the role of Jeanne in La Basoche by André Messager, which was performed in the Théâtre Français in Montreal. In 1920, Asselin opened a vocal studio on Saint-Denis Street in Montreal. That year she performed many concerts, featuring performances with Émile Gour, Germain Lefevbre, Hercule Lavoie and Blanche Gonthier.
A series of radio performances with José Delaquerrière, Jeanne Maubourg, Blanche Archambault, Germaine Lebel, André Durieux and Maurice Jacquet broadcast on CKAC were also heard in New England, and as a result the group was invited to perform a concert broadcast on a new station in Springfield, Illinois.
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- Born
- Sep 5, 1888
Sainte-Famille, Quebec - Siblings
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Died
- 1971
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on July 23, 2013
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