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Clara Pierre “Clara Clairbert” Impens

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Clara Pierre “Clara Clairbert” Impens

Birth
Saint-Gilles, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Death
16 Aug 1970 (aged 71)
Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Burial
Evere, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Add to Map
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Clara Pierre Impens dite Clara Clairbert (1899-1970) was a Belgian soprano.

CAREER
Audition: Théâtre royal de la Monnaie en 1923 and immediately hired by the director, Maurice Corneil de Thoran. Debuted August 4 1924 as Olympia in 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' Jacques Offenbach using her stage name Clara Clairbert and was dubbed a prima donna.
Other roles: Marie in 'La Fille du régiment', Micaëla in 'Carmen', Musetta in 'La Bohème', Sophie in 'Werther', the fairy in 'Cendrillon' by Jules Massenet, 'Lakmé' by Leo Delibes, 'Manon' by Jules Massenet, Philine in 'Mignon' by Ambroise Thomas, Eudoxie in 'La Juive' by Fromental Halévy, Gilda in 'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi, Sophie in 'Der Rosenkavalier' by Richard Strauss, Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fiordiligi in 'Cosi fan tutte' by Moxzart, La reine de la nuit in 'Die Zauberflöte' by Mozart, Rosina in 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, 'Mireille' by Charles Gounod, Juliette in 'Roméo et Juliette' by Gounod, Esclarmonde in the opera by Jules Massenet, Dinorah by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 'Lucia di Lammermoor' by Gaetano Donizetti, Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann and her best role asVioletta Valery de 'La traviata'. She appeared more than 200 times at la Monnaie 1925-1951.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Clara Clairbert, airs et mélodies, 2 cd Musique en Wallonie (2000), enregistrements effectués en studio et en public de 1928 à 1954
Clara Clairbert, Récital , 1 Vinyl Polydor LPHM 5505 Opéra (Verdi, Gounod, Massenet, Thomas) et autres ( Variations sur un thème - Frosch ; Villanelle - Dell'Acqua)
Clara Pierre Impens dite Clara Clairbert (1899-1970) was a Belgian soprano.

CAREER
Audition: Théâtre royal de la Monnaie en 1923 and immediately hired by the director, Maurice Corneil de Thoran. Debuted August 4 1924 as Olympia in 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' Jacques Offenbach using her stage name Clara Clairbert and was dubbed a prima donna.
Other roles: Marie in 'La Fille du régiment', Micaëla in 'Carmen', Musetta in 'La Bohème', Sophie in 'Werther', the fairy in 'Cendrillon' by Jules Massenet, 'Lakmé' by Leo Delibes, 'Manon' by Jules Massenet, Philine in 'Mignon' by Ambroise Thomas, Eudoxie in 'La Juive' by Fromental Halévy, Gilda in 'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi, Sophie in 'Der Rosenkavalier' by Richard Strauss, Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fiordiligi in 'Cosi fan tutte' by Moxzart, La reine de la nuit in 'Die Zauberflöte' by Mozart, Rosina in 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' by Gioachino Antonio Rossini, 'Mireille' by Charles Gounod, Juliette in 'Roméo et Juliette' by Gounod, Esclarmonde in the opera by Jules Massenet, Dinorah by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 'Lucia di Lammermoor' by Gaetano Donizetti, Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann and her best role asVioletta Valery de 'La traviata'. She appeared more than 200 times at la Monnaie 1925-1951.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Clara Clairbert, airs et mélodies, 2 cd Musique en Wallonie (2000), enregistrements effectués en studio et en public de 1928 à 1954
Clara Clairbert, Récital , 1 Vinyl Polydor LPHM 5505 Opéra (Verdi, Gounod, Massenet, Thomas) et autres ( Variations sur un thème - Frosch ; Villanelle - Dell'Acqua)

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  • Maintained by: Shane König von Castlemaine
  • Originally Created by: Udo
  • Added: Oct 6, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244194376/clara_pierre-impens: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Pierre “Clara Clairbert” Impens (21 Feb 1899–16 Aug 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 244194376, citing Brussels Communal Cemetery, Evere, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium; Maintained by Shane König von Castlemaine (contributor 49774181).