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Marthe Chenal débute au Palais
Garnier en 1906 dans "Sigurd" d'Ernest Reyer. Suivront "Faust" de Gounod, "Freischütz" de Von Weber, "Tannhaüser" de Wagner, "Ariane" de Massenet en 1907. Marthe se fait engager à l'Opéra-Comique par Albert Carré en 1908 où elle reprend "Aphrodite" de Erlanger.
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