Mariette Sully (1878–1950)
biography at the ''Association l'Art Lyrique Français'' website (in French)SULLY (Mariette)
in the ''Encylopédie multimédia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France 1918–1944'' (in French) was a Belgian soprano who was principally active in operetta in France.O’Connor P. Mariette Sully. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.

Career

Sully was born in

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on December 9, 1878. After leaving school she began working in the theatre, making her debut at the Casino in

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she moved to

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where she sang Irma in Audran’s ''Le grand mogol''.Martin J. ''Nos artistes des théâtres et concerts.'' Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1895. Her career took off in 1894: she joined the Bouffes-Parisiens, making her debut there creating the role of Clotilde in Varnay’s ''Les Forains'' (February 1894), and Edwige in ''Le bonhomme de neige'' by

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(April 1894). June that year saw her at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs in the title role of Audran’s '' Miss Helyett'' alongside

Jean Périer Jean (Alexis) Périer (2 February 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French operatic baryton-martin and actor. Although he sang principally within the operetta repertoire, Périer did portray a number of opera roles; mostly within operas by Wolfgang ...

. In October at the Théâtre de la Gaîté she was singing Kate in Planquette’s ''Rip''. At the Gaîté in 1896 she created Alesia in Audran’s ''

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''. For Messager she created the title role of '' Véronique'' in 1898, again with Périer, and repeated it many times, including London in 1903. She also created Éponine in ''Shakespeare!'' by Serpette, Cyprienne in Messager's ''Les dragons de l'Impératrice'' (1905), Lisbeth in Ganne's ''Hans, le Joueur de flute'' (1906) and Ginette in ''Les maris de Ginette'' (1916). In September 1935 she was in the premiere of ''La Nuit est belle'' by Goublier (playing Madame Denizot) at the Théâtre Antoine. A benefit was given in her honour at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1925. Sully died at the age of 75 on April 7, 1950, in Paris' 7th district.

Film

A short amount of experimental film with cylinder sound exists from 1900,BFI.org
Bfi 'Cinema Parlant 1900'. with Sully as the doll in Audran's ''La poupée''. She also appeared in two films in the 1930s, ''L’Enfant de l’amour'' (1930) and ''La chanson du souvenir'' (1936).

References

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