Charlotte Wyns by Reutlinger

CHARLOTTE WYNS
(Charlotte Félicie Wyns)
(.Paris, 11 January 1868 - AP. 1917)
French Mezzo Soprano
She was a student of Crosti, Achard, and Giraudet. A few months later, in July 1891, won second prize in singing (air of the Queen of Cyprus) and a second runner-up of opera (Azucena du Trouvère air). The following year, she won three first prizes: in Fides of the Prophet for the vocals, Psyche of Ambroise Thomas Eros for the Opéra-Comique, and stage of the recognition of the Prophet for the opera. She signed a commitment with the Opéra-Comique,. Begins on October 31, 1893 in Mignon (it is she who will sing this role on the evening of the May 13, 1894). Second debut in Carmen on February 5, 1894. Either in Paris or in Aix, in Trouville, in Vichy, plays the Portrait de Manon; the Vivandière, Godard; Meal, Paul and Virginia; Charlotte, Werther; Santuzza, of Cavalleria Rusticana; the mother of Sappho. , at the Comédie-Française. She sang Gluck's successfully to an evening of the Cercle de l'Union. She spent the year 1898 in Brussels and returned triumphantly, in 1899, at the Opéra-Comique