Blauwaert,
Emile - (1845-1891) - bass
Dyck,
Ernest van - (1861-1923) - tenor
Pauwels,
Desiré - (1861-1942) - tenor
Dons,
Henri - (1864-1936) - bass *)
Huberty,
Albert - (1881-1955) - bass *)
Dister,
Louis - (1887-1964) - tenor *)
Morrisson,
Louis - (1888-1934) - tenor
Faniard,
Fernand - (1894-1955) - tenor
Jozef
Sterkens - (1893-1952) - tenor
Bosch,
Emile van - (1886-1940) - baritone |
Lozin,
Irma - (1870-1934) - alto *)
Judels-Kamphuijzen,
Betsy - (1872-1940) - soprano *)
Luart,
Emma - (1892-1968) - soprano *)
Ludolph,
Hélène - (1901-1977) - soprano
Seroen,
Berthe - (1920-1957) - soprano *)
Vécray,
Huberte - 1923 - soprano *)
Serverius,
Raymonde - (1924-2006) - soprano *)
Ann
Callens-Jansens - 1970 - mezzo soprano *) |
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*)these biographies will be translated the coming days/weeks
... patience please
Hans Kerkhoff, presenter of radio programs from the period
1955-1981 wrote in the booklet of the 10CD-box 'Het Puik van
Zoete Kelen' (The cream of glorious voices), a list of 100 vocalists,
according to him a representative picture of the art of singing
in the Netherlands in the 20th century. In this list exist also
two singers of Belgian birth: " ... all great singers from
the period before 1930 I (Hans Kerkhoff) only know from their
recordings, also the Belgians Morrison and Van Bosch, who I put
in this release because the most important part of their career
took place in the Netherlands and because they were very much
beloved by the public ... "
These singers I already had put in the list of singers of Dutch
Divas and I added some more singers. Vocalists from whom a major
part of their career took place in the Netherlands and who settled
down in this country, like Desiré Pauwels, Hélène
Ludolph and Berthe Seroen, but also vocalists as Henri Dons,
Irma Lozin, Betsy Judels-Kamphuijzen and Emma Luart, who sang
here in a great number of performances. The others appeared here
less frequent - Van Dyck, Huberty, Dister, and Vécray
- or even don't sang here at all: Faniard and Sterkens. The biographies
of those two singers were however of such interest that I wouldn't
withhold them to you.
For Flemish visitors possibly also interesting:
- Cornelis Schell (bass), Koninklijke
Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, 1956-1958, 1961 (in Dutch)
- Gerard van den Berk (tenor), De
Pater Damiaan Cantate - recordings from 1936 of these cantata,
sung during the ceremonies of the re-funeral of Pater (Father)
Damiaan. (in Dutch)
Some external links:
- Fernand
Ansseau, 1890-1972, tenor
- André
d'Arkor, 1901-1971, tenor
- Vina
Bovy, 1900-1983, soprano
- Armand
Crabbé, 1884-1947, baritone, Lof zonder grenzen, Umberto
Giordano about Armand Crabbé - page in Dutch/Flemish
- Hector
Dufranne, 1870-1951, bass-baritone
- Rita
Gorr, born 1926, mezzo-soprano
- Fanny
Heldy, 1888-1973, soprano
- René
Maison, 1895-1962, tenor
- Yetty Martens,
1915-2004, mezzo-soprano, page in French
- Jean
Noté, 1859-1922, baritone, page in
French
- Jan Verbeeck,
1913-2005, tenor - page in French
- Jan Joris,
born 1927, baritone

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