Eliette Schenneberg

Eliette Schenneberg was born in Dole, France in 1908. She studied at the National Conservatory of Paris where she won first prize in her final exams. She made her debut at the Palais Garnier on 7 December 1934 in D’Indy’s L’Etranger and performed in the world premiere of Marcel Delannoy’s Ginevra at the Opéra Comique in 1942. The same year she performed in Sylvio Lazzari’s L’Lepreuse with Madeleine Sibille, also at the Comique.

Eliette Schenneberg’s repertoire was quite large and included opera and song: Samson et Dalila (San Saens); Ariane et Barbe-Bleu (Dukas); and Le Coq d’or (Rimsky-Korsakov) as well as “Chanson Grises” (Hahn); “Les amours de Ronsard” (Milhaud); and “Trois Psaumes” (Honnegger).

One of the most interesting aspects of Eliette Schenneberg’s career was her great musicianship and collaborations with some of the 20th Century’s greatest French composers. This CD set includes Arthur Honegger at the piano and Darius Milhaud conducting.