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Antonio Giuglini (Fano Italy16 or 17 January 1825 – 12 October 1865 Pesaro Italy) was an Italian operatic tenor. During the last eight years of his life, before he developed signs of mental instability, he earned renown as one of the leading stars of the operatic scene in London. He created several major roles for British audiences, appearing in the first London performances of Gounod's Faust and Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. In London, he was the usual stage partner of the great dramatic soprano Thérèse Tietjens. Studied with Francesco Cellini ,Made his debut in Farma , persuaded to replace the prinicipal tenor in "I due forscari" as Jacopo and was an immediate sucess which lead to performaces throughout Italy at Milan 1855 , Performed in London , Vienna

Clement as Don Jose "Carmen" EDMOND CLEMENT ( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolpho), Werther (Werther).

Clement as Chevalier des Griex “Manon” Massenet EDMOND CLEMENT( Frédéric Jean Edmond). -Tenor (.Paris, March 28, 1867 - Nice, February 23, 1928). Debut November 29, 1889 in Mireille (Vincent). December 03, 1890 Benvenuto (Andrea) Eugène Diaz; Cabrera la (Pedrito), la Clos (Simon), Don Juan (Ottavio), Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Falstaff (Fenton), Hélène (Paris), le Juif Polonais (Christian), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Phryne (Nicias) Thérèse (Armand), La Vivandière (Georges). d les Amoureux de Catherine (Heinrich), the Barber of Seville (Almaviva), la Basoche, (Clément Marot), Camen (don José), le Chalet (Daniel), la Dame Blanche (Georges), La Fille du Regiment (Tonio), the Magic Flute (Tamino), Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo), Lakmé (Gérald), Manon (Des Grieux), Mignon (Wilhelm Meister), Philémon et Baucis (Philemon), Proserpine (Sabastiano), la Reine Fiammette e (Rina), Roi D'ys (Mylio), Tosca (Cavaradossi), la Traviata (Rodolphe), la Bohème (Rodolphe), Werther (Werther).

GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-GRAVIÈRE Soprano (Georgette-Amélie SIXSOUT ) .Paris, September 22, 1870 - .Paris, August 30, 1951 Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, with Mangin and Crosti. Debut in 1890 at the Opera House of Bordeaux in which she appeared among other things in the local premières of the operas ‘’Sapho’’ and ‘’Esclarmonde’’of J. Massenet. In 1894 she joined to the Opéra-Comique in Paris where she sang the role of Manon in "Manon" by. Massenet’s. . She sang on 24 .5. 1899 at the Opéra-Comique in the premiere of J. Massenet’s ‘’Cendrillon’’ in the role of fairy. ; Jules Massenet wrote the ‘Fabliau’ (as an alternative to the gavotte in Act 3) specifically for her to sing in Brussels. She appeared as Manon and Lakmé at Monte Carlo the following season, adding LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES and GUILLAUME TELL a year later. At this time she sang under the name Bréjean-Gravière, later changing it upon her marriage to the composer Charles Silver, whose opera LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT provided her with another leading part.

Maurel as Mathias “Le Juif Polonais” Erlander. Creator Opera Comique 11/4/1900 VICTOR MAUREL Baritone (.Marseille, June 17, 1848 – October 22, 1923). Debuted at the Opera March 04, 1868. Debuted at the Opéra-Comique on 06 October 1885 in Etoile du Nord (Peters)Chante Zampa, le Songe d'une nuit d'été, Don Juan.. Sang Falstaff (Falstaff) from 1900, le Juif Polonais (Mathis), He created two roles. Verdi had chosen him to create Otello (Iago) and Falstaff (Falstaff) at the Scala in Milan. In 1883, he attempted to resurrect the Théâtre Italien in Paris.

Paola Marié as Clairette in "La fille de Madame Angot".by Lecocq CREATOR in Paris Premiere PAOLA MARIE (1847-1919); French mezzo-soprano. Known for her performance as Clairette Angot in Charles Lecocq’s “La fille de Madam Angot”, a rôle she created at the Paris-première in 1873 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. in the rôle of Clairette.Known for her interpretations of Carmen and Mignon, rôles that had been created by her sister, the famous mezzo-soprano Célèstine Galli-Marié (1840-1905). In 1877 she created the rôle of Lazuli in Chabrier’s “L’ Étoile” at the Bouffes-Parisiens

Paola Marié as Clairette in "La fille de Madame Angot" ..by Lecocq PAOLA MARIE (1847-1919); French mezzo-soprano. Known for her performance as Clairette Angot in Charles Lecocq’s “La fille de Madam Angot”, a rôle she created at the Paris-première in 1873 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. in the rôle of Clairette.Known for her interpretations of Carmen and Mignon, rôles that had been created by her sister, the famous mezzo-soprano Célèstine Galli-Marié (1840-1905). In 1877 she created the rôle of Lazuli in Chabrier’s “L’ Étoile” at the Bouffes-Parisiens

MATHILDE GABRIELE SESSI (1846-1934 ) Austrian Soprano Started her career in Vienna and then performances in Berlin , Frankfurt and Brussells . Debut at Covent Garden London 1870 as Lucia 'Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti .Performed in Paris the same year at la salle Ventadour as Alina "'Alina regina di golconda " She sang Zerlina "Don Giovanni" , Marguerite "Faust" , Marie " La fille du regiment" , Ophelie 'Hamlet" , Violetta 'La traviata"

Marie Cabel as Philine 'Mignon" Thomas CREATOR l'Opéra-Comique 17 novembre 1866 MARIE CABEL ( Marie-Josèphe Dreulette[in Liège) (31 January 1827 – 23 May 1885) Belgian Soprano. She is probably best remembered for having created the role of Philine in Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. Cabel first studied voice in Liège with Bouillon, and, her father having died, gave music lessons to help support her mother. Cabel's younger brother Edmond also became a singer and in 1863 created the role of Hylas in Hector Berlioz' Les Troyens. Cabel studied voice in Brussels with Ferdinand Cabel and Louis-Joseph Cabel. In 1847 she gave a concert in Paris and continued her studies at the Paris Conservatory in 1848–1849. Cabel made her operatic debut in Paris at the Théâtre Chateau des Fleurs in 1848, and in 1849 sang the roles of Georgette in Halévy's Le val d'Andorre and Athénaïs in Halévy's Les mousquetaires de la reine at the Opéra-Comique, where she went almost unnoticed. Moving back to Brussels, she sang at the Théâtre de la Monnaie from 1850 to 1853 with greater success In 1852 she also appeared in Lyon,

Emilio NAUDIN. - (October 23, 1823 - may 05, 1890). Italian Tenor He began studying medicine in Parma, but then moved to Milan to study singing with Giacomo Panizza. Debut 1843 in Cremona in " Saffo", by Pacini. He began a career on leading stages in Italy (particularly in Rome and Genoa),in which he had great success singing Verdi roles.Sang at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 1857 in " I due Foscari" and " I Puritani". In 1858 he debuted in London, singing in all theaters , particularly in Covent Garden, where he sang between 1863 and 1872.In Paris he sang from 1862, where he excelled in Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucrezia Borgia, Rigoletto and Così fan tutte. At the Paris Opera he sang in the premiere, 2/4/ 1865, Vasco de Gama in "L'Africaine", Meyerbeer. After this event, , Naudin remained engaged in the Paris Opera for two years At the end of his career he began in the Wagnerian repetoire, singing Lohengrin (in Italian) in various theaters of England and Tannhäuser in Moscow. He gave up his career because of a progressive paralysis that eventually led to his death.

CELESTINE GALLI-MARIE (Marie-Célestine Laurence Marié de l'Isle) (November 1840 – 22 September 1905) French mezzo-soprano Most famous for creating the title role in the opera Carmen.Born in Paris. She was taught singing by her father, Mécène Marié de l'Isle, Her début came in 1859 in Strasbourg, and she sang in Italian in Lisbon. She sang at the Opéra-Comique until 1885, premiering in Pergolesi's La serva padrona. Her most famous roles were in Thomas's Mignon (1866) and Bizet's Carmen (1875). She created the roles of Lazarille in Don César de Bazan, Vendredi in Robinson Crusoé, the title part in Fantasio, as well as roles in Lara, Le Capitaine Henriot, Fior d'Aliza, La Petite Fadette, and Piccolino. She also sang Taven in Mireille and Rose Friquet in Les dragons de Villars. She died in Vence, near Nice. Her voice was described as being of a good timbre, with clear diction and phrasing

ROSINE BLOCH (Paris, 07 November 1844 -01 February 1891) French operatic mezzo-soprano While a student of the Conservatory, she won in 1864, two seconds prizes for singing and opera, and the two firsts the following year. Committed immediately to the Opera, 1865, debut in Il Trovatore. The beauty, vigor and velvety tone of her beautiful contralto voice, that she handled with skill, earned her a warm welcome in the part by the public. She was not happy in the other roles in her repertoire, and was applauded in LE FAVOURITE and LE PROPHET. She created the Coupe du roi de Thulé, in 1880, she left the Opera. In 1870, at the Théâtre-Lyrique she sang in Charles VI. October 31, 1890, she sang Samson and Delilah (Dalila) when the first Parisian stage performance of this work at the Eden-Théâtre.

Amélie FAIVRE (Louise Marie Amélie FAIVRE) french mezzo-soprano (Paris, 04 February 1837 - 75017.Paris, November 17, 1897) Sister of Marie FAIVRE, singer. At the Conservatoire de Paris, she obtained third runner-up in 1857 in singing and a second prize of Opéra-Comique. She had a career at the Théâtre-Lyrique, but at the same time, she created in Baden: July 15, 1858 the mill of the King of Adrien Boieldieu; 03 August 1860la Colombe (Mazet) by Charles Gounod; on July 31, 1861 Deux amours by Gevaert. August 21, 1862 Erostrate (Rhodina) by Ernest Reyer; July 27, 1863la Fille de l'orfèvre , by Edmond Membree. She sang on November 16, 1863 at the premiere la Monnaie Brussels d'Oberon ou le Cor magique (Fatima) Weber [French version of Nuitter, Beaumont and Chazot]. She created , in March 1859 in concert,la Mort de Socrate d'Edmond Hocmelle ; in February 1862 in Paris, le Valet-poète de Raoul de Lostanges Raoul ; in May 1873, at the Cercle artistique et littéraire Brussels (under the name of Ms. Mme Réty-Faivre), le Tricorne enchanté by Léon Jouret.

MARIE CONSTANCE SASSE . -Belgian soprano (Ghent, 26 January 1834 - 75016.Paris, November 07, 1907).Debut on 01 October 1859, at the Théâtre-Lyrique, 03 August 1860 at the Opera ROBERT LE DIABLE by Meyerbeer (Alice). She sang LA JUIVE by Halévy (Rachel); Verdi IL TROVATORE (Leonora). VESPERS Sicilian Verdi (Helene); THE Queen of Sheba by Gounod (Queen); DON JUAN de Mozart (Elvira, Donna Anna); THE HUGUENOTS (Valentine); HAMLET (Ophelia, 1872). She participated in the first 13 March 1861 Tannhäuser (Elisabeth) Wagner. She created April 28, 1865 L'AFRICAINE (Selika) of Meyerbeer; on March 11, 1867 DON CARLOS (Elisabeth de Valois) for Verdi. She left the Opera in 1872. She has sung under the names of Sax, Saxe, Sass-Castelmary and under his own name.

LISE TAUTIN (born Louise Vaissière) Paris in 1836, died Boulogne, May 1874), French soprano, Associated with the opéra-bouffe in Paris in the middle of the 19th century, particularly the works of Offenbach ,Having been spotted by Offenbach at the Grand Théâtre de Lyon, Tautin made her debut with the Bouffes-Parisiens as Aspasie in Une demoiselle en loterie in July 1857 and was a big success with critics and the audiences. She also sang Fanchette in Le mariage aux lanternes (1857), Crout-ou-pôt in Mesdames de la Halle (1858), Minette in La chatte métamorphosée en femme 1858 - her incarnation of both girl and cat was praised, and Eurydice in Orphée aux Enfers (1858 and 1860 revival), where her ‘Hymne a Bacchus’ was encored, or often sung three times at each performance. Then followed Rosita in Un mari à la porte (1859), Gratioso and other roles in the first version of Geneviève de Brabant (1859), Les Bouffes-Parisiens in Le carnaval des revues (1860), Catarina in Le pont des soupirs (1861), and Ernestina in M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . . (1861). She visited Vienna with the Bouffes-Parisiens in the summer of 1861, during which she created La Sincère in Les bergers. In the spring of 1862 she starred in La boite au lait at the Théâtre des Variétés. Tautin took over title role for some performances of La belle Hélène in 1865. She was taken ill returning from a tour to Constantinople in 1874

MARIA DOLINA GORLENKO (Maria Ivanovna Sajuschkina Gorlenko) Russian Contralto 1868-1919 Studied with Kondratiev. Final studies were carried out with Carelli in Naples, with Mastriani in Milan and finally in Paris. In 1886 she made her debut at the Marienskij Theatre in St. Petersburg as Vanya in Glinka's "A life for the Tsar" (Ivan Susanin).Creator of Borodin's "Prince Igor" (Kontschakowna) & Tchaikowsky's "Pique Dame" Old Countess. She toured the great opera centers of Europe unlike many of her contemporaries. In 1886. she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theater in the "Life for the Tsar", which later became her crown role. Roles included (The Snow Maiden ") and Grunya (Jц¦chymov force"). introduced in concerts around Europe Russian folk music and art.

BIANCA BIANCHI Bertha Schwarz, often known by her stage name Bianca Bianchi, was a coloratura soprano opera singer of the late 19th century.. Her greatest successes were at Vienna. Bertha Schwarz was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 27 January 1855, the daughter of actors who worked at nearby Mannheim. As an opera singer, she was for many years a prominent member of the company of the Vienna Court Opera, where her fame was such that an asteroid discovered on 4 September 1880 was named 218 Bianca in her honour. Two years later Johann Strauss II was inspired by her to compose his Frühlingsstimmen waltz for orchestra and solo soprano voice, still familiar today. Although based in Vienna, Bianca Bianchi sometimes performed in other cities of the German and Austrian empires, notably Hamburg, Karlsruhe and Budapest. In 1894 she married the impresario Bernard Pollini, who had been her manager. She died in Salzburg on 16 February 1947.

BIANCA BIANCHI Bertha Schwarz, often known by her stage name Bianca Bianchi, was a coloratura soprano opera singer of the late 19th century.. Her greatest successes were at Vienna. Bertha Schwarz was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 27 January 1855, the daughter of actors who worked at nearby Mannheim. As an opera singer, she was for many years a prominent member of the company of the Vienna Court Opera, where her fame was such that an asteroid discovered on 4 September 1880 was named 218 Bianca in her honour. Two years later Johann Strauss II was inspired by her to compose his Frühlingsstimmen waltz for orchestra and solo soprano voice, still familiar today. Although based in Vienna, Bianca Bianchi sometimes performed in other cities of the German and Austrian empires, notably Hamburg, Karlsruhe and Budapest. In 1894 she married the impresario Bernard Pollini, who had been her manager. She died in Salzburg on 16 February 1947.