Background
Chrétien-Vaguet was born in Paris.
Chrétien-Vaguet was born in Paris.
She studied the piano at the Paris Conservatoire and began her career at Louisiana Monnaie in Brussels in 1891.
Chrétien-Vaguet’s first operatic appearance in Brussels was as Alice in Robert le Diable, (7 September 1891). She followed this with roles in le Rêve, Yolande by Magnard (creating the title role on 27 December 1892), and Charlotte in Werther. She took part in concerts given by the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in February 1894 (Le Paradis et la Péri by Schumann, with Vaguet also taking part), and January and February 1901 (excerpts from Armide by Gluck).
She died, aged 90, in Nay, near Pau.