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Simonnet as Selika 'Lakme" CECILE SIMONNET 1865-??? French Soprano Entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1882. Debuted in Monte-Carlo in January 1885 under the direction of Pasdeloup. Debuted at the Opéra-Comique on September 10, 1885 in Lakmé (Lakmé) to replace Van Zandt. She sang Mignon (Philine), Mireille (Mireille), le Pré - aux - clercs, la Traviata (Violetta). The evening of the burning of the salle Favart on 25 may 1887, she sang Mignon (Philine). She created Mary one day; in 1886 the Signal; in 1887 Proserpine; in 1890 Dante; on June 18, 1891, the dream (Angelique).

as Lakme in "Lakme" by Delibes CREATOR Opera Comique Paris 14/2/1883 MARIE VAN ZANDT (October 8, 1858 – December 31, 1919) American Soprano Daughter of Jennie van Zandt , She studied in Milan with Francesco Lamperti, making her debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Turin in 1879. Successful appearances followed, including at Covent Garden in 1879. She was only 21 signed a contract with the Opéra-Comique in 1880, making her debut as Mignon. It was the beginning of the glory. Léo Delibes composed his opera Lakmé for her, and she created the title role for its world premiere in 1883.Marie van Zandt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula on December 21, 1891, remaining with the company for only one season, as usual. She returned to the Opéra-Comique in 1896 and revived some of her earlier success there, including Lakmé to huge enthusiasm in 1896, and Zerlina and Mignon in 1897 .She married with a Russian Count and went into retirement, staying in France

JOSEPHINE DE RESZKE (Józefina Reszke) (June 4, 1855 – February 22, 1891) Polish Soprano Sister of the bass Edouard and the tenor Jean de Reszke, She began her studies with her mother and with a Mme. Nissen-Salomon, and made her debut in Paris as Ophelia in Hamlet on June 21, 1875. Created the role of Sita in Jules Massenet's Le roi de Lahore. Josephine appeared with her brother Jean on the occasion of his debut; the two, along with Edouard, participated in the Paris premiere of Hérodiade in 1884. At the peak of her career she married Baron Leopold Kronenberg, and retired from the stage

MILY MEYER (Émilie Mily Meyer) (1852-1927) French Soprano Her professional début was at the Eldorado café-concert; she then went to the Théâtre de la Renaissance and appeared as the young duchess in the premiere of Le petit duc on 25 January 1878. Creations in La Camargo (1878),[2] Petite Mademoiselle (1879) and Belle-Lurette (1880) swiftly followed also appeared at the Théâtre des Nouveautés as Kate in the French premiere of Rip and at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens as Bianca in the first run of La Béarnaise in 1885. Also at Théâtre des Variétés was La Princesse de Trébizonde, while at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques she was in the French premiere of Millöcker's La Demoiselle de Belleville (Die Jungfrau von Belleville). Among many other operettas in which she sang were Roi de Carreau (1885) and Babolin (1884) at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (November 1884); La vie mondaine (1885) at the Théâtre des Nouveautés, and at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, La Béarnaise (1885), as Benjamine in Joséphine (1886), Gamine de Paris (1887), Le Retour d'Ulysse (1889), Le mari de la reine (1889), Cendrillonnette (1890) and revivals of Les petits mousquetaires and La Princesse de Trébizonde. Back at the Renaissance, she created La gardeuse d'oies (1888) and La petite Poucette (1891); followed by La Demoiselle du Téléphone (1891) at the Nouveautés, Fleur de Vertu (1894) at the Bouffes, and L'Élève du Conservatoire (1894) at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs.

FELICIE KASCHOWSKA (1872-1951) Polish Soprano Discovered by Tamberlik and encouraged to undertake training with Troschei in Warsaw and Gansbacher at Vienna . Debut at Warsaw as Alice "Robert le Diable" in 1888. appeared at the Met the opening night of the season as Urbain in (Hugenotten) Returned the following year adding Jemmy (Wilhelm Tell) , Sibel (Faust) , Hirtenknabe (Tannhauser) , Wellgund (Rheingold & Gotterdammerung) graduating to Senta ans Sieglinde.She sang in Vienna , Budapest and various German theatres

LOUISE HOMER (Louise Dilworth Beatty ) (April 30, 1871 – May 6, 1947) American Contralto After some study in Philadelphia and boston she travelled to Europe to complete her training with Jacques Bouhy in Paris . Debut at vichy as Leonore "La Favorite" . was at Covent Garden for 2 seasons in 1899 as Ortrud , Amneris , Mamma Lucia and Maddelina . Returned to USA in 1900 and made her Metropolitan debut as Amneris , she stayed at the Met until 1919 and returned for the 1927-1930 seasons,

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Antonina Vasilievna Nezhdanova 1873 –1950 Russian Soprano. In 1899, she entered the Moscow Conservatory and studied with Rubinstein and Masetti ,Debut 1902 as Antonida in “ Life of the Tsar” by Glinka at Moscow. She joined the Bolshoi Theatre, rapidly becoming its leading soprano. She often sang, too, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and also in Kiev .Monte Carlo and Odessa. Paris heard her in 1912, when she Gilda “Rigoletto” Verdi .She was also an qvid recitalist and introduced works by Arensky , Rimsky Korsakoff , Rachmaniov and Scriabin .Her roles include Julieete ‘Romeo et Julitte” Gounod ,Rosina ‘Barber of Saville” Rossini.Tatyana ‘Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky , Queen of the Night “Magic Flute” Mozart , Tosca ‘Tosca” Puccini , Elsa “Lohengrin “ Wagner and Tamara ‘The Demon” Rubenstein

Mariya Slavina 1858–1951 Russian Mezzo Soprano. Soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1879-1917 (debut as Amneris in “Aida”). Created Hanna in "the may night" by Rimsky-Korsakov (1880) at the Marinsky, Princess in "The Enchantress" by Tchaikovsky (1887) at St Petersburg , Countess in 'Queen of Spades" Tchaikovsky (1890) at St Petersburg ,Clytemnestra in 'Oresteia" Taneyev (1895) at the Marinsky, First performance on the Russian stage as Carmen 1885 , Fricke in 'Valkyrie" 1900 , Clytemnestra in 'Electra" . Among her best roles Olga 'Eugene Onegin" , Seibel in 'Faust" , Fides in "The Prophet" After her marriage she was known as Baroness Mariia Aleksandrovna Medem

ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK (Ernestine "Tini" Rössler ) (15 June 1861 – 17 November 1936), German/American Contralto At age 15 sang soprano in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Graz . in 1878 made her stage debut as Azucena at Dresden. Engaged in 1882 at Hamburg ,she sang a wide variety of roles . ranging from Amneris, Orpheo ,Orsini , Ulrica , Bertyha , Quickly . She never ventured into the soprano range , She made guest appearances at London and Berlin .She sang " The Ring " at BayreuthShe went to the Usa in 1898 and was Ortrud at Chicargo , Made her Metropolitan debut 1899 in the same role.Her final appearance at the Met was 1932 singing Erda'

GIOVANNI MARIO (Giovanni Matteo, marquis of CANDIA ). -Italian tenor (Cagliari, October 17, 1810 – December 11, 1883). Husband Giulia Grisi. He debuted under the name of Mario on 02 December 1838 in ROBERT LE DIABLE de Meyerbeer (Robert). He sang LE COMTE ORY Rossini. THE Draper of Halévy; THE HUGUENOTS (Raoul, 1862). "This famous tenor of the Italians, and a moment of the Opera, was the son of the Italian general marquis of Candia." When starting at the Opera that he took the name of Mario, he was both exemplified since. After a long time living with the famous singer Giulia Grisi, who died in 1869, he eventually married her, when she became the widow of her first husband. They had six children .

Antonie Link as Wladimir Dimitrowitsch Samoiloff, (Lieutenant of a Circassian Cavalry Regiment) in Fatinitza by Franz von Suppé. CREATOR ROLE ANTONIE LINK (14 Feb 1855-21 May 1931) Hungarian Mezzo Soprano She attended the Conservatory of Budapest . Studied voice with Mme Laroche in Vienna and was in the chorus at the Court opera and sang some small roles.She was hired as an operetta singer by the Director of Vienna's Carl-theatre .She performed together with the great diva Marie Geistinger in Offenbach's "Beautiful Helena" as Ganymede. She appeared in the operetta "Fatinitza" (01/05/1876) and "Boccaccio" (02.01.1879 namely in the title role, which was later sung by a tenor) with. On 03.01.1877 she performed in the premiere of Johann Strauss operetta on "Prince Methuselah". In 1874 she created at the Carl-Theater in Vienna, the operetta "La fille de Madame Angot" by Lecocq., She toured Australia in 1879 with the Montague-Turner opera Company

ZULMA BOUFFAR (Zulma Madeleine Boufflar) (24 May 1841 - 20 January 1909) French Soprano Offenbach, who heard her sing in Hamburg in 1864. The same year Bouffar appeared at Bad Ems in Offenbach's Lischen et Fritzchen, and repeated her success in Paris.She created Nani in Les géorgiennes, Jeannet in Les bergers, Gabrielle in La vie Parisienne, Drogan in Geneviève de Brabant, Toto in Le château à Toto, Fragoletto in Les Brigands, Robin Luron in Le Roi Carotte, Ginetta in Les braconniers, Moschetta in Il signor Fagotto and Prince Caprice in Le voyage dans la lune – a range of men's and women's roles. In 1873 Bouffar was reported in the Parisian press to have been considered for the title role of Bizet's new opera, Carmen. Although the composer refuted the story, the singer did attend the premiere of the piece in 1875. From 1891-93 Bouffar became the manager of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. In the latter part of her stage career, Bouffar appeared in operettas by Lecocq and Strauss, and sang around Europe. She announced her retirement from the stage in 1902.

Albert Alvarez as Hercules & Louise Grandjean as Delanira in 'Astarte" Leroux CREATOR ROLES LOUISE GRANDJEAN (1870–1934) French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory before making her professional opera debut in 1893 at the Opéra Comique as Isabella in Le Pré aux clercs.She was Alice Ford in France's first production of Verdi's Falstaff in 1894. she appeared in world premieres of Xavier Leroux's Astarté (1901), Jules Massenet's Ariane (1906), and Fernand Le Borne's La Catalane (1907In Monte Carlo she sang in the premieres of Eugène d'Harcourt's Le Tasse (1903) and Alfred Bruneau's Naïs Micoulin (1907) among other roles. ALBERT ALVAREZ (Albert Raymond Gourron) ( May 16, 1861 - February 26, 1933) French Tenor Debut in Faust (Faust) March 14, 1892 at the Opéra de Paris , He sang Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, 1892); Lohengrin (Lohengrin, 1892); Samson and Delilah (Samson, 1893); the Valkyrie (Siegmund, 1893); Tannhäuser (Tannhäuser, 1895); Aida (Radames, 1895); the Favorite (Fernand, 1896); Sigurd (Sigurd, 1896); the Huguenots (Raoul, 1897); the Prophet (John, 1898); Fatherland! (Kerloo, 1900); The Cid (Rodrigue, 1900); Othello (Othello, 1903); Il Trovatore (Manrique, 1904); Pagliacci (Canio, 1906); Salammbô (Matho, 1906). He sang in the premiere at the Opera, November 10, 1897, the masters singers of Nuremberg (Walther) Richard Wagner [French version of Alfred Ernst]; December 11, 1904, Tristan and Isolde (Tristan) by Richard Wagner [French version of Alfred Ernst]. He created on 16 March 1894 Thaïs (Nicias) by Jules Massenet; February 08, 1895 the Black Mountain (Mirko) of Augusta Holmès; on December 18, 1895 Frédégonde (Merowig) to Ernest Guiraud; on April 24, 1896, Helle (Jean) of Alphonse Duvernoy. February 19, 1897 Messidor (Guillaume) of Alfred Bruneau; December 23, 1898 the Burgundian (Gauthier) of Paul Vidal; February 15, 1901 Astarte (Hercule) Xavier Leroux; on April 17, 1904, the son of Camille Erlanger Star (Bar-Kokeba

de Nuovina as Carmen "Carmen" Bizet MARGUERITE ZINA DE NOUVINA (Marguerite Lamandi nee Moldave) 1865-1936 Romanian Mezzo Debut on November 27, 1889 - premiere of Esclarmonde in Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels - Debut at the Opera Comique 24/3/1893 by creating Kassya "Kassya" .From 1900 sang Carmen "Carmen" , Santuzza "Cavaleria Rusticana" , Anita 'La Navarraine" and Charlotte "Werther". Performed in Paris and Berlin. Successes in leading roles in "Amida" by Gluck, "Lohengrin" by Wagner, In Bucharest, sang in shows Stephănescu, which aimed to raise funds for the establishment of Romanian Opera.

de Nuovina as Carmen "Carmen" Bizet MARGUERITE ZINA DE NOUVINA (Marguerite Lamandi nee Moldave) 1865-1936 Romanian Mezzo Debut on November 27, 1889 - premiere of Esclarmonde in Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels - Debut at the Opera Comique 24/3/1893 by creating Kassya "Kassya" .From 1900 sang Carmen "Carmen" , Santuzza "Cavaleria Rusticana" , Anita 'La Navarraine" and Charlotte "Werther" Performed in Paris and Berlin. Successes in leading roles in "Amida" by Gluck, "Lohengrin" by Wagner, In Bucharest, sang in shows Stephănescu, which aimed to raise funds for the establishment of Romanian Opera.

Jean Francois Delmas as Hans Sachs "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" Wagner JEAN FRANCIS DELMAS Lyon, April 14, 1861-73.Saint - Alban-de-Monthel, 29 September 1933). French Bass Debut September 28, 1886 in LES HUGUENOTS (Saint-Bris). Sings the FREISCHÜTZ (Gaspard, 1886), AIDA (the King), FAUST (Mephistopheles) in 1887. DON JUAN (Leporello, 1887; don Juan, 1902), SIGURD (Hagen, 1891), William TELL (Gessler), the Sicilian (Connie) in 1892. OTHELLO (Iago, 1894), TANNHÄUSER (Landgrave, 1895); Romeo and Juliet (brother Laurent), fatherland! (de Rysoor), LE CID (don Diego), ALCESTE (high priest) in 1900; HENRY VIII (Henry VIII, 1903), ARMIDE (Hidraot, 1905), the DAMNATION of FAUST (Mephistopheles, 1906), SAMSON ET DALILA (high priest), HIPPOLYTE and ARICIE (Thésée) in 1908. ŒDIPE A column (Oedipus),. BRISEIS (Strakokles) in 1916. Is the creator of LA DAME DE MONSOREAU (Monsoreau), ROMEO ET JULIETTE (Capulet), ZAIRE (Jeanette); on March 16, 1891 LE MAGE (Amrou) de Jules Massenet LOHENGRIN (King), SALAMMBÔ (Nar-Havas), die WALKÜRE (Wotan). on March 16, 1894 THAÏS (Athanaël) by Jules Massenet; HELLE (Gautier), MESSIDOR (Mathias),LES MAITRES CHANTEURS DE NUREMBERG (Hans Sachs), BURGONE (Attila), JOSEPH (Jacob), ASTARTE (Phur); on April 26, 1901LE ROI DE PARIS (Henri, Duke of Guise) of Georges Hüe. THE LES BARBARES (Scaurus), SIEGFRIED (Wotan), ORSOLA (Bishop), bench (Tonio),LA STATUE (Arnigiad), L’ETRANGER (l'Etranger), LE FILS DE L'l'ETOILE (Akiba), TRISTAN & ISOLDE (Kurwenal), DARIA (Yvan),LA GLOIRE DE CORNEILLE (Auguste), ARIANE (Parithoils), LA CATALANE (Miguel), Twilight of the gods (Hagen), MONNA VANNA (Marco), RHEINGOLD (Wotan), LA Forêt (Pierre), ICARE (Daedalus), ROMA (Fabius), FERVAAL (Arfagard), PARSIFAL (Gurnemanz), L'OURAGAN (Gervais), La Roman le ESTELLE (Rubini), La GIRONDINS (Fonfrède), JEANNE d'Arc (Jacques d'Arc), INTERMEDE (Pierre Dupont), La Legende of SAINT Christoph (the hermit), ANTAR (Malek), LA FILLE DE ROLAND (Charlemagne), LES BURGRAVES (the beggar). Participated in the first performance December 24, 1923 of ESCLARMONDE (Emperor Phorcas) by Jules Massenet. He created at the Nouveau-Théâtre 26 April 1906 le Clown (Barbazan) of Isaac de Camondo.

Albert Vaguet as David 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" Wagner ALBERT VAGUET ( b.15 June 1865 - Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime) d. 22 February 1943 at Pau) French Tenor He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Barbot, Obin and Ponchard. In 1890 he debuted at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Faust in Gounod’s ‘’Faust’’. During his whole career he remained a member of this opera house. Here in 1897 he sang at the premiere of as David in Wagner’s ‘’Meistersingers’’, in 1894 Cassio in Verdi’s ‘’Otello’’, in 1899 Hylas in the première of the opera ‘’Briseïs’’ of Chabrier, in 1901 Marcomir in ‘’Les barbares’’ of Saint-Saëns, in 1899 sang the title role in ‘’Joseph’’ of Méhul. In 1893 he appeared (as well as his wife) in the premiere of the opera ‘’Deïdamie’’ of Henri Maréchal. In 1895 he sang at the Grand Opéra in ‘’Tannhäuser’’ after the debacle of the première in 1861. In 1900 he sang in the premiere of the opera ‘’Lancelot’’ of F. L. R. Joncières. He was married to the soprano Alba Chrétien-Vaguet, he lost a leg in a accident in 1903 which ended his career as an opera singer suddenly. Then he performed as a concert singer