Mascagni, and Massenet. Among the many roles she portrayed are Gilda in Rigoletto, Ophélie in Hamlet, Valentine in Les Huguenots, Violetta in La traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Mimì in La bohème, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, and the title roles in Manon, Manon Lescaut, Aida, and Carmen. The last performance of her career was as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Lirico in Milan in 1918.buna Personal life Darclée's son was composer (1886–1969), who was known particularly as a writer of operettas. Both she and her son are interred in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery. Legacy The 1961 Romanian film Darclee, directed by melania costache va iubesc doamna and starring , is based on her life story. Started in 1995, the Hariclea Darclée Festival and International Voice Competition is held every two years in Brăila. Repertory Hariclea Darclée sang 58 roles on 56 operas (32 operas of tradition, 12 in absolute première, and 16 operas in important premières) by 31 composers (12 composers of the tradition and 19 young composers with new operas interpreted in absolute première); this artist occupies a singular position in the universal history of the opera: Daniel Auber La Muette de Portici (Luisa). Georges Bizet Carmen (Carmen). Arrigo Boito Mefistofele (Margherita). Alfredo Catalani La Wally (Wally) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at Teatro alla Scala of Milan on 20 January 1892. Alexis Catargi Enoch Arden (Ammie Lee) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at the National Theatre Bucharest in 1904. Isidore De Lara Amy Robsard (Amy Robsard) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at Montecarlo Opera in April 1897. Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale (Norina). Gaetano Donizetti L’elisir d’amore (Adina). Gaetano Donizetti Linda di Chamounix (Linda). Gaetano Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrezia). Gaetano Donizetti Maria di Rohan (Maria). Alberto Franchetti Cristoforo Colombo (Isabella di Aragona, Ikuamota) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at Genoa, on 6 October 1892. Mikhail Glinka Ivan Susanin (Vania) – opera interpreted in première for France, at Nice in 1890. Antônio Carlos Gomes Condor (Odalea) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at Teatro alla Scala of Milan on 21 February 1891; Antônio Carlos Gomes I Guarany (Cecilia). Charles Gounod Faust (Marguérite). Charles Gounod Roméo et Juliette (Juliette). Fromental Halévy La Juive (Rachèle). Ruggero Leoncavallo I Pagliacci (Nedda) – opera