Georgette Leblanc

The Children's Blue Bird (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Georgette Leblanc Illustrated edition

Georgette Leblanc, Madame Maurice Maeterlinck (1875-1941) was a French soprano and author. She was the sister of Maurice Leblanc. She first debuted at the Opéra- Comique in Paris, in 1893 in Lâ??Attaque du Moulin. She was associated for a time with Greco-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. She was the friend and possibly the lover of fellow Gurdjieff student, Margaret Anderson. She was also a friend of Jean Cocteau. Originally slated to perform as Mélisande in Maurice Maeterlinck and Claude Debussyâ??s Symbolist opera Pelléas et Mélisande, she was replaced by Mary Garden. This angered Maeterlinck, who was also her lover. Leblanc authored several works, including two volumes of autobiography, as well as childrenâ??s books and travelogues. Her works include: The Choice of Life (1904) and The Childrenâ??s Blue Bird (1913).