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| General Description : | Clara Pierre Impens (21 February 1899 – 16 August 1970) was a Belgian soprano who sang under the stage-name Clara Clairbert. After the war she appeared regularly at benefit concerts for Belgian veterans and war wounded throughout Belgium, singing under the name Clary Annie. This brought her to the attention to the director of La Monnaie. She first sang at La Monnaie in a production of Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann. Taking the stage-name Clara Clairbert, she was considered the prima donna of opera in Brussels from the 1920s to her retirement in the 1950s. Her performances as Violetta in La traviata, a role she reprised over 200 times, and as the eponymous heroine of Lakmé were particularly popular. She toured regularly abroad with success, her appearances in Manon in Monte-Carlo in 1931, and in Rigoletto at the Opera Garnier in Paris in 1933, were particularly well received. She toured the United States, performing opposite John Charles Thomas and Beniamino Gigli. |
| Face value | 17 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2743 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 1639 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 2691 Stanley Gibbons BE 3372 AFA number BE 2752 Belgium BE 2689 Unificato BE 2691 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 5.116.000 |
| Issue date | 08/02/1997 |
| Designer | Désiré Roegiest |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 28.00 mm |
| Width | 48.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
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