Lise Landouzy

as Leila In "Les pêcheurs de perles" by Bizet

Lise Landouzy
(Elise Besville}
1861 - 1943
French Soprano
Debut 1889 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as Rosina in ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’. She was a principal at the Monnaie. At the Opéra-Comique in 1894 she sang Nannetta in the French première of Verdi’s ‘’Falstaff’’ in presence of the composer. In 1901 she sang at the Opéra-Comique the role of the Clorinde in the premiere of the opera ‘’La fille de Tabarin’’ by Pierné; 1890 she sang in the premiere of Messager’s ‘’La Basoche’’. Since 1895 she guested regularly at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels; she also appeared in Operas at Monte Carlo, Nice and in Aix-les-Bains