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{{short description|French operatic singer}}
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[[Image:Yvonne Brothier.jpg|thumb|Yvonne Brothier]]

'''Yvonne Brothier''' (born 6 June 1889 in [[Saint-Julien-l'Ars]], [[Vienne (département)|Vienne]], died in Paris, 22 January 1967) was a [[soprano]] [[opera]]tic singer who worked principally at the [[Opéra-Comique]], Paris.

After singing in Brussels in 1914, she made her début at the Opéra-comique on 13 February 1916 in ''[[Lakmé]]'' by Delibes.<ref>''Dictionnaire des interprètes'' de [[Alain Pâris]] - Robert Laffont</ref> She went on to create roles in [[Louis Aubert]]'s ''La forêt bleue'' (Red Riding Hood) (French premiere), ''Graziella'' (title role), [[Marcel Samuel-Rousseau]]'s ''Le Hulla'' (Dilara), [[Raoul Laparra]]'s ''Le joueur de viole'' (the young girl), [[Gabriel Fauré|Fauré]]'s ''Masques et Bergamasques'', Charles-Henri Maréchal's<ref>[http://www.italianopera.org/compositori/M/c219414F.htm Charles-Henri Maréchal]</ref> ''Ping-Sin'' (title role) and [[Sylvio Lazzari]]'s ''Le sauteriot'' (Orti).

Her repertoire at the Opéra-Comique also included Rosina (''[[The Barber of Seville]]''), Micaëla (''[[Carmen]]''), Olympia (''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]''), Melisande (''[[Pelléas et Mélisande]]''), Mireille, Rosenn (''[[Le roi d'Ys]]''), Minka (''[[Le roi malgré lui]]'') and Zaire (''[[Les Indes galantes]]'').<ref>Wolff, Stéphane. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.</ref>

On 26 November 1921, Yvonne Brothier sang the [[la Marseillaise]] and airs from ''Mireille'' and ''The Barber of Seville'' over the [[radio]] from the [[Sainte-Assise transmitter]]. Her voice reached the rooms of the [[Hôtel Lutetia|Lutetia]] forty kilometres away in Paris.<ref>Source : [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/arhfilariane.org/patrimoine/radio/naissance.htm Fil d'Ariane], site de l'Association de recherches historiques en Val de Seine, Val d'Ecole, Pays de Bière, Gâtinais Français.</ref>

Brothier appeared at the Paris Opera in 1931 in the first performance of ''Virginie'' by Alfred Bruneau, later singing Sophie in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' and Rosine in ''The Barber of Seville'' (both in French). She also sang in Amsterdam, La Scala and in Spain and north Africa.<ref>Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des cantatrices de l'Opera de Paris.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987.</ref>

She retired in 1940 and devoted herself to teaching. Her husband was the composer Henri Moreau-Febvre.

==Recordings==
Brothier sang Micaëla in the complete recording of ''Carmen'' conducted by Piero Coppola, and an abridged ''Pelléas et Mélisande'' (1927), as well as individual items from roles she sang on stage.

==External links==
*{{youtube|6GVB5hdsb0E|Yvonne Brothier sings "Jours de mon enfance"}} from Hérold's ''[[Le Pré aux clercs]]''. (Note there is a long introduction for violin and orchestra before the voice enters at 2'40".)

== References ==
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