Ketty Lapeyrette

In 1923, she appeared as Annina in the French première of Der Rosenkavalier, in 1921 in that of Gabriel Dupont's Antar and in 1923 in that of Albert Roussel's Padmâvatî.

She also sang in Alfred Bruneau's Le Jardin du Paris (1924), Max d'Ollone's L'Arlequin (1924), André Bloch's Brocéliande (1925), and in Part II (Sept Chansons) of Gian Francesco Malipiero's L'Orfeide (1928).

In 1931, Lapeyrette performed in Albéric Magnard's Guercœur and in 1933 in the première of Joseph Canteloube's Vercingétorix.

She sang as a guest in Amsterdam (1936) and in London's Covent Garden as Amme in Paul Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1938).

She is also remembered for singing Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Erda in Siegfried, Amneeris in Aida, Mistress Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff, Fides in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Le prophète, Queen Gertrude in Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet, Uta in Ernest Reyer's Sigurd and Klytaemnestra in Richard Strauss' Elektra.