Jane Bathori

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jane Bathori (born Jeanne-Marie Berthier, June 14, 1877 - January 25, 1970) was a French opera singer. Born in Paris, France, she was famous on the operatic stage and important in the development of contemporary French music. Bathori originally studied piano and planned for a career as concert pianist but soon turned to singing, making her professional debut sometime in 1898 at the small Théâtre de la Bodinière in the rue Saint-Lazare in a concert to honor the poet Paul Verlaine. That same year, her debut in the grands concerts began when she appeared at the Concerts du Conservatoire followed by performances in Gabriel Fauré's La Naissance de Vénus and Camille Saint-Saëns' Messe de Requiem. During the season 1899-1900 she made her mezzo-soprano operatic debut at Nantes.