Marie Battu by Reutlinger

MARIE BATTU
1838-1919
French Soprano

Studied with Gilbert-Louis Duprez ,Debut theatre Italians Paris as Amina in “La Sonnambula” by Bellini ,12 January 1860.Covent Garden debut London as Gilda in ‘Rigoletto” by Verdi 17 June 1862 , Paris opera 1863-1864 .Monnaie Bruxelles 1869-1872 , Opera Comique debut 1872 as Countss in “ Marriage of Figaro” by Rossini. Created Inez in L’Africaine” in Paris at the Imperial Academy of Music (room Le Peletier) 28 April 1865, Sang Mathilde in Guillaume Tell” by Rossini in it’s 500th performance at the Academy of Music in Paris 1868,She sang in Paris, Bruxelles and London. After her retirement she taught singing in Paris, Her roles included Marguerite de Valois in ‘Les Huguenots” by Meyerbeer , Zerlina in “Don Giovanni” by Mozart , Gilda in “Rigoletto” and Oscar in “Un ballo Maschera” both by Verdi , Despina in “Cossi fan Tutte” by Mozart and Adalgesia in “Norma” by Bellini