A year later their son, Philippe was born and raised while at the Opéra Comique Camille's lead soprano Marthe Chenal suggested that the two women share his favours in a modern domestic arrangement. By 1912, after a protracted and public scandal, Irène won a divorce settlement. According to son Philippe and perhaps to spite Ms. Chenal, his mother secretly kept his father as her lover until his sudden death in April, 1919 at her home.
Chenal sings "La Marseillaise"
In December 1919 Irène published in the journal "Littérature" a caustic and plainly autobiographical satire/lament in the style of a script clearly in her ex-husband/lover's domain; a bittersweet musical fantasy (with variations) called "Par amour" about celebrity, the screen, the serials and "Love".
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Where can one find "Par amour"?
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