# Emma Luart

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{{Short description|Belgian operatic soprano (1892–1968)}}
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'''Emma Luart''' (14 August 1892, Brussels – 26 August 1968, Brussels) was a Belgian [opera](/source/opera)tic [soprano](/source/soprano). A graduate of the [Brussels Conservatory](/source/Brussels_Conservatory), she made her official stage début at [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in 1914. She was contracted to [La Monnaie](/source/La_Monnaie) in Brussels from 1918–1922 where she excelled in [lyric soprano](/source/lyric_soprano) roles like [Louise](/source/Louise_(opera)), [Mélisande](/source/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(opera)), and [Manon](/source/Manon). She spent the remainder of her career as a member of the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique) in Paris. Her career was disrupted by the outbreak of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and she was not heard on the stage again after this point.

== Life ==
Luart was born on 14 August 1892 in [Brussels](/source/City_of_Brussels).<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Steane |first=J. B. |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t262.e902 |title=The Grove Book of Opera Singers |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-19-533765-5 |editor=Laura Macy |url-access=subscription |authorlink=J. B. Steane}}</ref> She was a graduate of the [Brussels Conservatory](/source/Brussels_Conservatory), and she made her official stage début at [The Hague](/source/The_Hague) in 1914.<ref name=":0" /> She was contracted to [La Monnaie](/source/La_Monnaie) in Brussels from 1918–1922 where she excelled in [lyric soprano](/source/lyric_soprano) roles like [Louise](/source/Louise_(opera)), [Mélisande](/source/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(opera)), and [Manon](/source/Manon).<ref name=":0" /> She spent the remainder of her career as a member of the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique) in [Paris](/source/Paris).<ref name=":0" /> Her Paris debut was in the role of [Lakmé](/source/Lakm%C3%A9). Her career was disrupted by the outbreak of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and she was not heard on the stage again after this point.<ref name=":0" /> She taught singing in Brussels in her retirement.<ref name=":0" /> In 1997 Vintage Music Company released a recording of Luart singing excerpts from Manon recorded by Odeon electronically between 1928 and 1932.<ref name=":1" />

Her voice has been described as "a characteristically bright 'French' voice ... with a touching expressiveness, especially in the excerpts from ''Manon''.",<ref name=":0" /> as possessing "charm, passion, authentic French vocal style",<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Camner |first=J. |date=May 1997 |title=Natalie Dessay: French Opera Arias / Emma Luart |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/224226197 |journal=Opera News |language=en |volume=61 |page=62 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 April 2025|id={{ProQuest|224226197}} |website=}}</ref> and "almost more French than the French".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Emma Luart |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/emma-luart |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=Gramophone |language=en}}</ref> Comparing her to modern French singer [Natalie Dessay](/source/Natalie_Dessay), reviewer J. Camner said "To hear the two in juxtaposition is to sense what's missing from French opera today".<ref name=":2" />

Luart died in Brussels on 26 August 1968.<ref name=":0" />

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