OP2086. LOUISE, recorded 1949 & 1950, w.Cluytens & Wolff Cond.; Géori Boué, Édouard Kriff, Louis Musy, Solange Michel, Renée Gilly, etc. (France) 2-Malibran 737. - 7600003777379

CRITIC REVIEW:

“Géori (Georgette) Boué made her Paris début at the Opéra-Comique in 1939, as Mimi in LA BOHEME (singing in the 1,000th performance at the Salle Favart on 3 May 1951), and other rôles there included: Lakmé, Manon (singing in the 2,000th performance on 18 January 1952), and Ciboulette (first performance at the Opéra-Comique). Her début at the Palais Garnier took place in 1942, as Marguerite, and she went on to sing rôles such as Juliette, Thaïs, Salomé in Hérodiade, Louise, Gilda, Violetta, Desdemona, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Tatiana, etc. Boué had a clear voice of considerable power, renowned for her impeccable diction, she was widely regarded as one of the greatest French sopranos of the 1940s. She was married to French baritone Roger Bourdin in May 1944, with whom she can be heard in two recordings, FAUST under Thomas Beecham, and THAïS. She retired from the stage in 1970.”