Lucy Arbell

1878–1947 (age 69)

opera singer

Biography

Lucy Arbell, born in 1878, enjoyed a luminous stage career, becoming a favored interpreter of the French repertory at major houses and a muse to composers such as Jules Massenet.

Her richly colored mezzo-soprano and dramatic intelligence graced premieres and recordings alike, and she remains cherished among the operatic artists commemorated at Père Lachaise.

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