Suzanne Juyol

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Suzanne Juyol (January 1, 1920, Paris – July 20, 1994, Paris) was a French opera singer, the leading dramatic soprano of her era in France.

Suzanne Juyol studied at the Paris Conservatory, and made her professional debut at the Palais Garnier, in 1942, as Margared in Le roi d'Ys, followed by Fauré's Pénélope, Dukas's Ariadne, Marguerite in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust and in Gounod's Faust. Her debut at the Opéra-Comique took place in 1946, as Charlotte in Werther, other roles included: Carmen, Tosca, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, etc.

She made her debut at the Monte Carlo Opera in 1947, where she began singing Wagner roles such as Kundry, the two Brunhildes and Ortrud. The success was such that she was invited to sing at the Berlin Staatsoper in Tristan und Isolde, opposite Max Lorenz, in 1951.

Just as an international career was in the making, Suzanne Juyol retired from the stage in 1960, aged only 40. She was married to Victor Serventi, a voice teacher at the Paris Opera.

Selected recordings

1951 - Bizet - Carmen - Suzanne Juyol, Libero de Luca, Janine Micheau, Julien Giovanetti - Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, Albert Wolff - DECCA

1953 - Massenet - Werther - Charles Richard, Suzanne Juyol, Agnes Léger, Roger Bourdin - Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, Georges Sebastian - URANIA

Sources

Dictionnaire des interprètes, Alain Paris, (Robert Laffont, 1982). ISBN 2-221-06660-X

Guide de l’opéra, Roland Mancini & Jean Rouveroux, (Fayard, 1995). ISBN 2-213-59567-4

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 53716876 LCCN: no92009962 ISNI: 0000 0000 5514 5195 GND: 13537748X BNF: cb13895805z

Persondata
Name	Juyol, Suzanne
Alternative names
Short description	Singer
Date of birth	January 1, 1920
Place of birth
Date of death	July 20, 1994
Place of death

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